🖼️ A printed picture 🖨️ Made by printing 🪨 Stone or rock

litho

8.1

Made by a printing method that uses a flat stone or plate

adjective
/ˈlɪθoʊ/

Jargon

: litográfico

She collected vintage litho posters from old movie theaters.

Examples

This limited edition book includes beautiful litho illustrations on every page.
The artist used a litho technique to create the print.
The gallery featured several litho prints from the early twentieth century.
She prefers litho prints over digital reproductions.
The gallery featured several litho prints from the early twentieth century.
This limited edition book includes beautiful litho illustrations on every page.
She prefers litho prints over digital reproductions.

Synonyms

lithographic

vslitho

Specialized

1 7.5

Made using a flat stone or metal plate to print images

refers only to items actually created by the process not to related matters

photolithographic

vslitho

Specialized

9.8

A way that uses light to make very small patterns on surfaces like silicon for computer chips

is made by a printing process that does not necessarily use light

Surface Forms

litho positive

Etymology

Litho comes from the Greek word lithos, meaning 'stone', because early printmakers used flat stones to make images; so something described as litho is made or reproduced by that stone-printing process.