lithograph

[ lith-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a print produced by lithography.

verb (used with object)

1. to produce or copy by lithography.

lithograph

/ ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf; ˌlɪθəˈɡræfɪk; -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. a print made by lithography

verb

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

Derived Forms

• ˌlithoˈgraphically, adverb
• lithographic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lithograph¹

First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from lithography

Example Sentences

It was the image that others have never matched, the airborne wraith who seems to fly out of a lithograph.

From Washington Post

In his early 30s, he bought his first investment piece from a local gallery: a large Marc Chagall lithograph.

From The Daily Beast

The president staged a diplomatic coup when he gave David Cameron an Ed Ruscha lithograph, worth an estimated $7,000.

From The Daily Beast

Youre a fine lithograph of ambition, you are—wallowing around like a lot of yellow dogs.

From Project Gutenberg

I got up at three o'clock in the morning, and devoted an hour either to copying music or colouring some large lithograph.

From Project Gutenberg

The lithograph had been tacked up only the day before, but by this time half the boys in the neighboring country had examined it.

From Project Gutenberg

His reason for rejecting the etching in colour is as simple and rational as his reason for making the lithograph in colour.

From Project Gutenberg

We lunched—badly—and he was bored with the church, though he had brought lithograph paper and colours to make a sketch of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chisel
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• etch
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