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Definition of photo noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

photo

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈfoʊt̮oʊ//
 
(pl. photos) = photograph
 
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a color/black-and-white photo a passport photo a photo album (= a book for keeping your photos in) Thesaurusphotograph
  • picture
  • photo
  • shot
  • snapshot
  • print
These are all words for a picture that has been made using a camera.
  • photograph a picture that has been made using a camera:a photograph of the house Can I take a photograph?
  • picture a photograph:We had our picture taken in front of the hotel.
  • photo a photograph:a passport photo
photograph, picture, or photo?
  • Photograph is slightly more formal and photo is slightly less formal. Picture is used especially in the context of photographs in newspapers, magazines, and books.
  • shot a photograph:I tried to get a shot of him in the water. Shot often places more emphasis on the process of taking the photograph than on the finished picture.
  • snapshot an informal photograph that is taken quickly, and not by a professional photographer:holiday snapshots
  • print a copy of a photograph that is produced from film or from a digital camera:a set of prints
Patterns
  • a color photograph/picture/photo/snapshot/print
  • to take a photograph/picture/photo/shot/snapshot
See photo in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary