See Also: photo(dictionary)
photo-(dictionary)
photo-set(dictionary)
photo-(dictionary)
photo(2)(dictionary)
photo(1)(dictionary)
Photo-(medicine)
photo-engraving(medicine)
photo shoot(dictionary)
photo opportunity(dictionary)

photo(1) (iou)



photo noun & adjective. colloq. M19.
[Abbreviation.]
A. noun. Pl. -os.
A photograph. M19.
A photo finish. M20.
b. adjective. Photographic. L19.
Comb. & special collocations (see also PHOTO-): photo call an occasion at which actors, celebrities, etc., pose for press photographers by arrangement; photo CD a compact disc from which still photographs can be displayed on a television screen, and the technology for storing and reproducing photographs in this way; photo finish a close finish of a race, esp. one in which the winner can be determined only from a photograph; fig. a close finish of any contest; photo lab a commercial establishment for developing films and printing photographs taken by members of the public; photo op (colloq.), photo opportunity an opportunity provided for press and television photographers to take photographs of a celebrity or celebrities; photo session a prearranged session in which a photographer takes photographs of a person for use in advertising.