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

Examples of darkroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Rivendell has twelve employees, a disproportionate number of whom are into vintage cameras; for a while, the shop had a darkroom. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024 The facilities include a large studio and a small apartment with a darkroom. Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 1 Aug. 2024 Working in a darkroom so as not to contaminate the samples of sediment with light, Chamberlain and her colleagues used a tool to measure how much radiation the grains were exposed to, thus revealing how long ago the sediments were buried by the earthquake. Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for darkroom 

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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 8 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

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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