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monochrome

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/ (UK)
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/ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/ (UK) · /ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm/ (US)

Definition of monochrome

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
  2. (countable, dated, uncountable)A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having only one colour.
    “They are often used as decorations, like in set 9526 Star Wars Palpatine Arrest (2012) were two pearl gold monochrome minifigures represent statues.”
  2. (not-comparable)Representing colours with shades of gray.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.

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