1. a device used in photography to make prints larger than the original negative
Usage: photography
2. something that makes things bigger or increases their size

Examples

• The photographer used an enlarger to create poster-sized prints from the small negatives.
• She adjusted the enlarger to get the perfect focus for her black and white photographs.
• The darkroom was equipped with a professional enlarger and developing trays.
• He bought a vintage enlarger at the camera shop for his film photography hobby.
• The enlarger projected the image onto photographic paper below.
• This optical enlarger can magnify images up to ten times their original size.