photographic paper

noun

Paper or card coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, typically containing silver salts.

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photo paperphotographic material
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Meanings

nounphotographic paper (countable and uncountable, plural photographic papers)

plural photographic papers

  1. countableuncountableartsPaper or card coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, typically containing silver salts.

    Synonyms: photo paper

  2. countableuncountableAny paper able to absorb large amounts of ink, intended to be fed through a printer.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPaper or card coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, typically containing silver salts.

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photo paper

More synonyms by meaning

nounlight-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed

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photographic material
Broader
photographic equipment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German Photopapier, Fotopapier
  • Photopapierpaper with a light sensitive layer
  • Fotopapierpaper with a light sensitive layer
Hungarian fotópapír
  • fotópapírpaper with a light sensitive layer
Māori pepa whakaahua
  • pepa whakaahuapaper with a light sensitive layer
Norwegian Bokmål fotopapir
  • fotopapirpaper with a light sensitive layer
Polish papier fotograficzny
  • papier fotograficznypaper with a light sensitive layer
Romanian hârtie fotografică
  • hârtie fotograficăpaper with a light sensitive layer
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APA

photographic paper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic%20paper

MLA

“photographic paper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic%20paper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photographic paper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic%20paper.

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