Definition & Meaning of "barcode"in English

Barcode

a row of black and white lines printed on a product that contain information such as its price, readable only by a computer

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Plural form

barcodes

Examples

The cashier scanned the barcode on each item to ring up the customer's purchases.

to barcode

to put a special pattern of lines on something so a machine can read information about it

Grammatical Information

Action verb

Regular

Present tense

barcode

3rd person singular

barcodes

Past simple

barcoded

Past participle

barcoded

Examples

The staff barcoded the new items quickly.

Lexical Tree

barcode

bar

code

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