darkroom

[ dahrk-room, -room ]

nounPhotography.
  1. a room in which film or the like is made, handled, or developed and from which the actinic rays of light are excluded.

Origin of darkroom

1
First recorded in 1835–45; dark + room

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British Dictionary definitions for darkroom

darkroom

/ (ˈdɑːkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /


noun
  1. a room in which photographs are processed in darkness or safe light

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