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softbox

softbox noun: a photographic lighting device consisting of a bulb with reflective back and side walls and a diffusing material at the front.

Noun

softbox (plural softboxes)

  1. A photographic lighting device consisting of a bulb with reflective back and side walls and a diffusing material at the front.
    • Mr. Tamindzic, a lanky 6 feet 3 inches tall, all legs and elbows, was purposeful and obvious, with a hefty Canon EOS 5D camera in one hand and a LumiQuest softbox flash in the other (to throw up a noirish, crime-scene photographer’s burst of intense light).2008 May 21, Eric Konigsberg, “A Chronicler of Night-Life Melancholy, Looking for Contradictory Layers”, in New York Times

Forms of softbox

pluralsoftboxes

Origin of softbox

From soft + box.

Questions about softbox

What does softbox mean?
Softbox means a photographic lighting device consisting of a bulb with reflective back and side walls and a diffusing material at the front.
What part of speech is softbox?
Softbox is a noun.
What is the plural of softbox?
The plural of softbox is softboxes.

Words near softbox in the dictionary

  1. softbot
  2. softbots
  3. softbottom
  4. softbottoms
  5. softbound
  6. softbox
  7. softboxes
  8. softboy
  9. softboys
  10. softcoat
  11. softcoats

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