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carbro

carbro noun: a print made from carbon tissue coated in pigmented gelatin, which is then selectively hardened by contact with a silver bromide paper print rather than exposure to light.

Noun

carbro (plural carbros)

  1. (historical) A print made from carbon tissue coated in pigmented gelatin, which is then selectively hardened by contact with a silver bromide paper print rather than exposure to light.

Forms of carbro

pluralcarbros

Origin of carbro

Shortening of carbon and bromide.

Questions about carbro

What does carbro mean?
Carbro means a print made from carbon tissue coated in pigmented gelatin, which is then selectively hardened by contact with a silver bromide paper print rather than exposure to light.
What part of speech is carbro?
Carbro is a noun.
What is the plural of carbro?
The plural of carbro is carbros.

Words near carbro in the dictionary

  1. carbozole
  2. carbozoo
  3. carbrain
  4. carbrained
  5. carbrains
  6. carbro
  7. carbromal
  8. Carbrook
  9. carbros
  10. carbs
  11. carbs up

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