box camera


noun
  1. a simple, boxlike camera, without bellows, sometimes allowing for adjustment of lens opening but usually not of shutter speed.

Origin of box camera

1
First recorded in 1835–45

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British Dictionary definitions for box camera

box camera

noun
  1. a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder

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