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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An early photographic process that starts with a normally developed print exposed onto a silver-bromide paper that is then chemically bleached, hardened, and fixed. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. wordnet

Etymology

Blend of bromide + oil.

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