LITHOGRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lithograph mean? 

• LITHOGRAPH (noun)
  The noun LITHOGRAPH has 2 senses:

1. a print produced by lithography

2. duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern

  Familiarity information: LITHOGRAPH used as a noun is rare.

• LITHOGRAPH (verb)
  The verb LITHOGRAPH has 1 sense:

1. make by lithography

  Familiarity information: LITHOGRAPH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHOGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A print produced by lithography

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lithograph" is a kind of...):

print (a picture or design printed from an engraving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lithograph"):

photolithograph (a lithograph produced by photographically produced plates)

Derivation:

lithograph (make by lithography)

lithographer (a printmaker who uses lithography)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lithograph; lithograph machine

Hypernyms ("lithograph" is a kind of...):

copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)

Derivation:

lithograph (make by lithography)

lithographer (a printmaker who uses lithography)

• LITHOGRAPH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lithograph    ... he / she / it lithographs   
Past simple: lithographed   
Past participle: lithographed   
-ing form: lithographing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make by lithography

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "lithograph" is one way to...):

print (make into a print)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lithograph (duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern)

lithograph (a print produced by lithography)

lithographer (a printmaker who uses lithography)

 Context examples 

He had been brought up on chromos and lithographs that were always definite and sharp, near or far.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)