a particular group, class, variety etc with the same characteristics or features; to use, write (letters etc) with, a typewriter
class, kind
Cases of word usage
1) a person, thing, different from the usual type (anomaly)
2) not typical; not the usual or normal type (atypical)
3) a division in a system, order or type of group (category)
4) a close-fitting type of underwear shaping the waist and hips (corset)
5) (an act of) describing; a kind or type (description)
6) a type of heavy fuel used in special designed engines (diesel engines) in buses, trains, lorries etc (diesel)
7) a type or category of literary work such as comedy, tragedy, novel, drama etc (genre)
8) of a lyric; a type of poetry about emotions, love, death etc (lyric)
9) a kind of disease with chills, sweating and fever, carried by a particular type of insect (mosquito) (malaria)
10) a type of small computer that can be programmed to do different things (microprocessor)