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Definition: Photoflash |
PhotoflashNoun1. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: PhotoflashSynonyms: flash (n), flash lamp (n), flashbulb (n), flashgun (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Photoflash |
| English words defined with "photoflash": flash camera. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "photoflash": BULB FILLER ♦ photoflash bomb, photoflash cartridge, photoflash lamp. (references) |
Expressions using "photoflash": photoflash bomb ♦ photoflash cartridge ♦ photoflash lamp. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
photoflash | 10 |
capacitor photoflash | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "photoflash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نور خاطف (flash), وميض (flash, glimmer, glint, shimmer, twinkle, twinkling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lyspatron (photoflash cartridge), lysbombe (photoflash bomb), lynlyslampe (flashbulb, photoflash lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fotoflitslamp (photoflash lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | salamalamppu (photoflash lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | flash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Blitzlicht (flash, flashlight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λαμπτήρας έκλαμψης με καύση (photoflash lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | villanófényû lõszer (photoflash cartridge), villanófényû bomba (photoflash bomb), harcmezõt megvilágító lõszer (photoflash cartridge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | flash a combustione (photoflash lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otoflashphay lâmpada de flash (photoflash lamp). (various references) fleş. (various references) luz relámpago, flash (flash, flashbulb, flashlight). (various references) blixtlampa (photoflash lamp). (various references) flaş (flash, flash gun, photo-flash). (various references) фотоспалах. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "photoflash": photoflashes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-h-h-l-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: pooftahs. | |
-3 letters: hooplas, loofahs, pooftah. | |
-4 letters: floats, flotas, hoopla, loofah, loofas, lotahs, pathos, photos, postal, potash, saloop, tholos. | |
-5 letters: afoot, aloft, aloof, altho, altos, fatso, flaps, flash, flats, float, flops, flota, foals, fools, foots, hafts, halos, halts, holts, hoofs, hoops, hoots, hosta, laths, loafs, loath, lofts, loofa, loofs, loops, loots, lotah, lotas, lotos, oaths. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-h-h-l-o-o-p-s-t" | |
+2 letters: photoflashes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 74 6F 66 6C 61 73 68 |
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