darkroom

noun

dark·​room ˈdärk-ˌrüm How to pronounce darkroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room with no light or with a safelight for developing light-sensitive photographic materials

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After he was discharged from the Army in 1955, Mr. Caponigro worked in the darkroom of an advertising agency and later spent time as a student of Mr. White’s at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 From something that was time-consuming and required a great deal of technical expertise in the days of actual film and darkrooms, digital editing has become something practically anyone can do, from adding filters to cropping images and much more. Deepti Hajela, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024 The artist was always fascinated with photography and film—his childhood was spent helping his father process images from a makeshift darkroom and watching Western classics on VHS. Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024 His grandfather was an amateur photographer and had a darkroom in their family home; Swizz was also fascinated by the graffiti murals on the subways as well as the hip-hop music that blared from speakers in the parks, from apartment windows and cars that drove through the neighborhood. Shaheem Reid, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for darkroom 

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of darkroom was in 1841

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“Darkroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/darkroom. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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darkroom

noun
dark·​room ˈdärk-ˌrüm How to pronounce darkroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a lightproof room used in developing photographic materials (as film and prints)

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