Meaning & use

lithograph

noun·Advanced

A print made from a design drawn on a flat stone or metal plate using a greasy substance.

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The museum displayed a rare lithograph by a famous nineteenth-century artist.

She collects vintage lithographs of city skylines from the 1920s.

A note on using this word

Lithography relies on the fact that grease and water repel each other, so ink sticks only to the design.

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