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Kodachrome

Kodachrome proper noun: a certain brand of photographic slide film, which is no longer manufactured.

Proper noun

Kodachrome

  1. A certain brand of photographic slide film, which is no longer manufactured.
    • DYSART: ... [Pause.] Then in the morning, I put away my books on the cultural shelf, close up the kodachrome snaps of Mount Olympus, touch my reproduction statue of Dionysus for luck—and go off to hospital to treat him for insanity. Do you see?1973, Peter Shaffer, “Act II, Scene 25”, in Equus, pages 81-2

Origin of Kodachrome

A trademark; by surface analysis, blend of Kodak + chromo- + chrome, connoting its selling points: brilliant colors and affordable luxury.

Questions about Kodachrome

What does Kodachrome mean?
Kodachrome means a certain brand of photographic slide film, which is no longer manufactured.
What part of speech is Kodachrome?
Kodachrome is a proper noun.

Words near Kodachrome in the dictionary

  1. Kocurs
  2. koda
  3. Kodaanahuttaa
  4. kodachi
  5. kodachis
  6. Kodachrome
  7. kodacon
  8. Kodagehuttaa
  9. Kodagu
  10. Kodahuttaa
  11. Kodaikanal

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