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Kodachrome

American  
[koh-duh-krohm] / ˈkoʊ dəˌkroʊm /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of positive color transparency.


noun

  1. (lowercase) a positive color transparency.

Example Sentences

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Besides Kodachrome film and a Leica camera, Mr. Eggleston had an ace up his sleeve when producing his images: the dye-transfer process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Drive south from San Francisco with a motel geek — which you’re now doing, by the way — and the born-again motel variations roll past like Kodachrome images in a slide show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

In Miami, McCartney’s photos burst into Kodachrome color and the newly minted celebrities seem to bloom in glamorous new surroundings: lounging poolside, sipping scotch and riding around in motorboats.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

And among the many items restored especially for the exhibition is an early 1960s Kodachrome slide showing Dorfman and his mother, Jeanette, with their Harley-Davidson motorbikes.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2022

She talked art with the older students, and they told her what they were working on, why they preferred knife to brush or acrylic to oil, or Fujicolor to Kodachrome.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng