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Photograph

/ˈfəʊ.tə.ˌɡɹɑːf/

A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

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📖 Definitions of "Photograph"

noun

1
A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

verb

1
To take a photograph of.
2
To fix permanently in the memory etc.
3
To take photographs.
4
To appear in a photograph.
"She photographs well. The camera loves her."

🔄 Synonyms of "Photograph"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
snapnoun	A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
exposurenoun	(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
shootverb	To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
photonoun	(informal) A photograph.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Photograph"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
photonoun	(informal) A photograph.
shootnoun	The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
snapnoun	A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
exposurenoun	(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
photographynoun	The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
photographicnoun	Pertaining to photographs or photography.
photographernoun	(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
polaroidnoun	A camera that develops its own film.
cameranoun	(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
picturenoun	A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
portraitnoun	(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
imagerynoun	Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
imgnoun	(Internet slang) An image.
filmingnoun	The action of the verb to film.
portrayverb	To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
figurenoun	A drawing or diagram conveying information.
filmnoun	(uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
imagenoun	A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
printnoun	(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
cinematographernoun	(cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person.