darkroom
noun
dark·room
ˈdärk-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a room with no light or with a safelight for developing light-sensitive photographic materials
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So much of the meaning of this photograph was refined in the darkroom.
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Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
While Dad is developing photos in his darkroom, Jeremy flicks on the lights.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
In the darkroom, an enlarger projected the positive slide onto a glass plate coated with collodion and silver nitrate.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Salk and his team worked out of a basement at the University of Pittsburgh, sandwiched between a morgue and a darkroom.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
While Dad is developing photos in his darkroom, Jeremy flicks on the lights.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
In the darkroom, an enlarger projected the positive slide onto a glass plate coated with collodion and silver nitrate.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Salk and his team worked out of a basement at the University of Pittsburgh, sandwiched between a morgue and a darkroom.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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darkroom
noun
dark·room
ˈdärk-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
: a lightproof room used in developing photographic materials (as film and prints)
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