noun

photographs

photographs, photos, pictures

She showed me her old photographs.

She showed me her old photographs.

The book is full of beautiful photographs.

The book is full of beautiful photographs.

((of sth./sb.)) photographs of something/somebody I have many photographs of my family.

Synonyms: pictures, images, shots, snaps

From Greek 'phos' (light) + 'graphe' (drawing). Meaning 'drawing with light'.

Think of a 'photo' as a 'graph' (drawing) made with light.

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