darkroom

noun

dark·​room ˈdärk-ˌrüm 

-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

Also still in situ are Otto’s office and studio, plus the studio and darkroom built for his second wife, Gail. —Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2025

The 5x7 darkroom prints make their world premiere alongside work by 18 contemporary artists (include the late David Driskell and Romare Bearden) in a presentation arranged by The Bishop Gallery. —Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025

In the first of many memorable scenes set in Jin’s darkroom, the master and his accidental apprentice watch in horror as photographic paper in chemical baths slowly reveal the butchery captured by Ito’s lens. —Richard Kuipers, Variety, 18 Nov. 2025

The alternative, for those of us who don't have space for a dedicated darkroom, is to scan our film to digital and then print. —Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 15 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for darkroom

• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume
• costume

Kids Definition

darkroom

noun

dark·​room ˈdärk-ˌrüm 

-ˌru̇m

: a lightproof room used in developing photographic materials (as film and prints)