"dark room" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dark rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dark room (plural dark rooms)
  1. (photography) Alternative form of darkroom Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: darkroom
    Sense id: en-dark_room-en-noun-1hNuLAdr Categories (other): Photography Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  2. (obsolete) A camera obscura. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dark_room-en-noun-X5dDo-2O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

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