Type type (4 letters)

{ Answer }

PICA

{ Related Clues }

Not elite
One-sixth of an inch
Size of type
Type size
Type style
Type of type
Typesetter's unit
Typewriter type
12-point type
About 1/6 inch
Twelve-point type

{ Tags }

ashes, chalk, craving, desire, eat, elite, english, inch, pica, point, points, printers, size, smaller, than, twelve, type, typewriter, unit, 12, 16

{ Notes }

The answer PICA is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.

{ Definition }

PICA as a noun:

1. (em, pica em, pica) = a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

2. (Pica, genus Pica) = magpies

3. (geophagy, geophagia, pica) = eating earth or clay or chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency