darkroom
noun/ˈdɑrkruːm/
Frequency rank: #17,706 most common English word
Meaning
A room from which all natural light is excluded, used for developing photographic film and prints.
Example sentence
The photographer spent hours in the darkroom developing film from the wedding shoot.
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