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photocrayon

photocrayon noun: a form of enlarged photographic portrait in which a wet-plate transparency on glass was backed with white paper, on which line work was done with crayon, pencil, and colour.

Noun

photocrayon (plural photocrayons)

  1. (historical) A form of enlarged photographic portrait in which a wet-plate transparency on glass was backed with white paper, on which line work was done with crayon, pencil, and colour.

Forms of photocrayon

pluralphotocrayons

Origin of photocrayon

photo- + crayon

Questions about photocrayon

What does photocrayon mean?
Photocrayon means a form of enlarged photographic portrait in which a wet-plate transparency on glass was backed with white paper, on which line work was done with crayon, pencil, and colour.
What part of speech is photocrayon?
Photocrayon is a noun.
What is the plural of photocrayon?
The plural of photocrayon is photocrayons.

Words near photocrayon in the dictionary

  1. photocoupled
  2. photocoupler
  3. photocouplers
  4. photocoupling
  5. photocouplings
  6. photocrayon
  7. photocrayons
  8. photocrosslink
  9. photocrosslinkable
  10. photocrosslinked
  11. photocrosslinker

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