noun
Elmo
EHL-moh
noun
1
A document camera — a device that projects a live image of a paper, book, or object onto a screen, common in classrooms.
"The teacher put the worksheet under the Elmo so the whole class could see it."
"Instead of photocopying the diagram, she just showed it on the Elmo."
How to Use Elmo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA brand name that became a generic word for classroom document cameras, in the same way "Hoover" became a word for vacuum cleaners in the UK.
When to use it
Mostly heard in British and Irish schools; in American English "document camera" is more common.
Word Forms
Elmos plural
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