lithograph

[ lith-uh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈlɪθ əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

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noun

a print produced by lithography.

verb (used with object)

to produce or copy by lithography.

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Origin of lithograph

First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from lithography

Words nearby lithograph

lithoclast, lithodialysis, lithogenesis, lithogenic, lithogenous, lithograph, lithographer, lithography, lithoid, lithol., litholapaxy

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How to use lithograph in a sentence

It was the image that others have never matched, the airborne wraith who seems to fly out of a lithograph.
Carla Fracci, a reigning star of 20th-century ballet, dies at 84|Emily Langer|May 30, 2021|Washington Post
In his early 30s, he bought his first investment piece from a local gallery: a large Marc Chagall lithograph.
Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise|Lizzie Crocker|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The president staged a diplomatic coup when he gave David Cameron an Ed Ruscha lithograph, worth an estimated $7,000.
The Story Behind Obama's Gift|Claire Howorth|July 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Youre a fine lithograph of ambition, you are—wallowing around like a lot of yellow dogs.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson

I got up at three o'clock in the morning, and devoted an hour either to copying music or colouring some large lithograph.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue
The lithograph had been tacked up only the day before, but by this time half the boys in the neighboring country had examined it.
The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice|John Henry Goldfrap
His reason for rejecting the etching in colour is as simple and rational as his reason for making the lithograph in colour.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
We lunched—badly—and he was bored with the church, though he had brought lithograph paper and colours to make a sketch of it.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for lithograph

lithograph

/ (ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a print made by lithography

verb

(tr) to reproduce (pictures, text, etc) by lithography

Derived forms of lithograph

lithographic (ˌlɪθəˈɡræfɪk) or lithographical, adjectivelithographically, adverb

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