| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | blue·print |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl  pr nt |
| NOUN: | 1. A contact print of a drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background, especially such a print of an architectural plan or technical drawing. Also called cyanotype. 2. A mechanical drawing produced by any of various similar photographic processes, such as one that creates blue or black lines on a white background. 3. A detailed plan of action. See synonyms at plan. 4. A model or prototype. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: blue·print·ed, blue·print·ing, blue·prints
1. To make a blueprint of. 2. To lay a plan for.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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