photo album

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A book or collection of pages where you keep photographs, either physical or digital.

   Grammar: Countable noun: you can say 'a photo album' or 'two photo albums'.

   Patterns

   • put something in a photo album
   • look through a photo album
   • create a photo album

   She pasted the vacation pictures into a leather photo album.

   We spent the evening looking through old photo albums.

   He created a digital photo album to share with his family.

2. 2nouncountablecomputing

   A feature on a phone or computer that groups and displays digital images.

   Grammar: Often used with 'digital' or 'online' to distinguish from a physical book.

   Patterns

   • digital photo album
   • online photo album

   The app automatically sorts your pictures into a photo album.

   I uploaded the wedding photos to a shared online photo album.

Word forms

Common combinations

family photo album

The family photo album is full of memories.

wedding photo album

They ordered a custom wedding photo album.

digital photo album

A digital photo album saves space and is easy to share.

look through a photo album

Grandma loves to look through her photo album.

Synonyms and how they differ

album

Shorter and more general; it can also mean a music record, so 'photo album' is clearer when talking about pictures.

scrapbook

A scrapbook often includes other items like ticket stubs and notes, not just photos.

Word family

photograph noun

A picture made with a camera.

photographer noun

A person who takes photographs.

Commonly confused: photo album or photo album?

Practice

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