repro
Americannoun
-
short for reproduction
repro furniture
-
short for reproduction proof
Etymology
Origin of repro
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It was here that we milled around for a couple of hours before the movie began, looking in at the repro shops and queuing for ages for hot dogs and shakes.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2014
Fort Cheyenne was really lousy photo repro on tin.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2010
She expanded what was then a company making high-quality, hand-crafted repro Chippendale and Hepplewhite by adding an eclectic mix of Chinese lacquerware, Bauhaus modernism and continental-style "moderne" pieces of her own design.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2010
The exhibition consists of 25 illuminations.�color transparencies repro duced to the size of the original paintings by new color-photography techniques and controlled-light processing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ault poured in capital and promotion expertise, enlarged the format to 9 by 12 made liberal use of four-color repro -ductions and attracted new advertisers and readers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
