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flash camera

flash camera

1 3.0
A camera with a built-in light to brighten people or things in low light
  • noun
translation icon : cámara con flash
  • She packed her flash camera for the evening stroll, hoping to capture the beautiful sunset at the beach.
  • pictures with a flash camera

Examples

  • In the kitchen section, a mass of photographic equipment includes an enlarger on the table and a flash camera.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • During the birthday party, the children gathered around the cake as their parents snapped photos with a flash camera.

  • Happens to be a flash camera.

  • We see the four men in drag, smiling for the flash camera, champagne bottles in hand.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Grandpa took out a disposable flash camera.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • A few years before, Aunt Alice had taken candid photos with her new flash camera.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Don't use single-use flash cameras for people pictures.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Two similarly dressed white women stood at the door and started taking pictures with a flash camera, which caused an outburst of shouts.

    Academic text (1998)
  • So previously saw that using multi flash camera, you can get very high quality ponders which are ideal for for gestural interactions.

  • In the dimly lit restaurant, many guests captured moments with their flash camera to remember the special night.

How Bright

lighting
207 3.1
flash camera
1 3.0
camera
1.0

Surface Forms

flash camera singular
flash cameras plural

Morphology

flash + camera

The head noun 'camera' combined with the modifier 'flash' (a brief burst of light) yields a straightforward compound meaning ‘a camera with a flash’. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE’s meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

Flash camera is a compound that names a camera with a quick, bright flash of light built in or attached. Imagine that sudden bright light helping the camera capture pictures in 'low light', so the name means a camera used to brighten dark scenes.