noun

camera

camera

I bought a new digital camera.

I bought a new digital camera.

The security camera recorded everything.

The security camera recorded everything.

a/the camera a device for taking photos Please smile for the camera.

Synonyms: photo apparatus

From Latin 'camera obscura', meaning 'dark chamber'. The first cameras were literally dark rooms.

Imagine a dark 'chamber' (camera) that captures light to make a picture.

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