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polaroid

/ˈpoʊlɚˌɔɪd/

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What does polaroid mean?

noun

  1. A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
  2. Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
  3. A camera that develops its own film.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. A print from such a camera.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of polaroid.

verb

  1. (informal) To photograph with a polaroid camera.
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/ˈpoʊlɚˌɔɪd/

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