Kodak

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A camera: a device for taking still photographs. dated

    "To diagnose / Our modest pose / The Kodaks do their best"

  2. 2
    A still photograph. dated

    "There were photographs everywhere: photographs framed and unframed; photographs large and photographs small, the fresh and the faded; tintypes, kodaks, “full lengths,” “cabinets,” groups—every type of photograph; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To photograph. dated, transitive

    "A knot of obviously American tourists were kodaking his lodge-gates."

  2. 2
    To describe or characterise briefly and vividly. dated, transitive

Synonyms

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cameraphotograph

Example

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"The new Kodak Theatre will host the 74th annual Academy Awards. It is part of a $600 million complex that includes a four-star hotel, a multi-screen cinema and shopping arcade."

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Kodak.

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