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Instamatic

Instamatic noun: a kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.

instamatic: a kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera
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Noun

Instamatic (plural Instamatics)

  1. A kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.
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Forms of Instamatic

pluralInstamatics

Origin of Instamatic

Trade name of the 1960s, from insta- + automatic.

Questions about Instamatic

What does Instamatic mean?
Instamatic means a kind of inexpensive point-and-shoot camera.
What part of speech is Instamatic?
Instamatic is a noun.
What is the plural of Instamatic?
The plural of Instamatic is Instamatics.

Words near Instamatic in the dictionary

  1. instalocking
  2. instalocks
  3. instalove
  4. instals
  5. instalust
  6. Instamatic
  7. Instamatics
  8. instamine
  9. instamined
  10. instamines
  11. instamining

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