| English noun: compositor's case | |||
| 1. | compositor's case (artifact) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | ||
| Samples | For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters. | ||
| Synonyms | case, typesetter's case | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | receptacle | ||
| Domain category | printing | ||