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Meaning of crystoleum in English:

crystoleum

(also chrystoleum, cristoleum)

noun

historical

  • A process for producing paintings on glass in which a photographic image is transferred to the glass and then coloured; a painting produced in this way.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Artist. From cryst- + classical Latin oleum oil.

Pronunciation

crystoleum

/krɪˈstəʊlɪəm/