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darkroom

darkroom

18 6.0
A room with no normal light used for developing photographs
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑrkˌrum/
  • Archaic
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  • He'd set up a home darkroom just so he could safely develop the monsters' pictures himself.
  • darkroom technique
  • darkroom prints
  • darkroom work

Examples

  • Wex disappeared into his darkroom, where he developed and printed the snapshots for Paul.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • So you go to the darkroom and you develop it and then you print it.

  • I never expected to print my own images because the very idea of a darkroom scared me off.

    Academic text (2003)

  • I went into the darkroom.

    Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe (2023)

  • I have to work in the darkroom.

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

  • I have some work to do in the darkroom.

    Love in the Afternoon (1957)

  • I have my own darkroom.

    High Anxiety (1977)

  • I'm just lucky that my university still has a darkroom.

    Obsession: Stalked by My Lover (2020)

  • By the time she was in fifth grade, Jackie had her own darkroom in the basement of her house.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After taking the photos, I went to the darkroom to develop them.

How Fast

Polaroid
14 3.8
film
301 2.5
darkroom
  • Archaic
18 6.0

Surface Forms

darkroom singular
darkrooms plural

Morphology

darkroom = dark + room (transparent) = dark + room

Literal compound of 'dark' + 'room' denoting a room where light is excluded; meaning follows directly from the parts.

Etymology

Darkroom comes from two clear parts: dark ('without light') and room ('space'). Photographers used a room kept dark to develop film and make prints, so a darkroom is a place where light is kept out to create pictures.