Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soft focus

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: soft- -fo-cus
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hamilton said that his work looked for the “candour of a lost paradise”, and was most famous for his kitschy calendars of young girls and his soft-focus erotic films including “Bilitis” from 1977."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does soft focus mean?: The blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.

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