toner

noun/ˈtoʊnər/

Frequency rank: #12,198 most common English word

Meaning

a fine powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form text and images.

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Example sentence

After printing hundreds of pages, the printer ran out of toner and the text became faint.

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