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make file

make file noun: a configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.

Noun

make file (plural make files)

  1. A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.

Forms of make file

pluralmake files
alternative formmakefile

Origin of make file

make, a Unix program for this purpose, and file.

Questions about make file

What does make file mean?
Make file means a configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.
What part of speech is make file?
Make file is a noun.
What is the plural of make file?
The plural of make file is make files.

Words near make file in the dictionary

  1. make eyes
  2. make faces
  3. make fair weather
  4. make fast
  5. make fetch happen
  6. make file
  7. make files
  8. make fish of one and flesh of another
  9. make fish of one and fowl of another
  10. make for
  11. make foul water

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