Real Dictionary

-type in American English
type, representative form, example
suffix: a suffix representing type (prototype), esp. in names of photographic processes (ferrotype)

-type in British English
type or form

type in American English
a person, thing, or event that represents or symbolizes another, esp. another that it is thought will appear later; symbol; token; sign
noun: a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category

type in British English
noun: a kind, class, or category, the constituents of which share similar characteristics

type sort or kind
countable noun: A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common.
countable noun: If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group.

type writing and printing
verb: If you type something, you use a computer keyboard, typewriter, or word processor to write it.