gobo
Americannoun
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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a screen or sheet of sound-absorbent material for shielding a microphone from sounds coming from a particular direction.
noun
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a shield placed around a microphone to exclude unwanted sounds
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a black screen placed around a camera lens, television lens, etc, to reduce the incident light
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Etymology
Origin of gobo
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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A scattering of gobo chips on top serves the same function as the potato sticks on a Venezuelan hot dog.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
They include raw seafood, yaki skewers, okonomiyaki from a cast-iron skillet, plates of fried oysters with smoked yam purée, and grilled mackerel with gobo and umeboshi.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2019
They called me gobo ashi, after the long, brown, twiglike root vegetable, gobo.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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