pho·to·gram (f??t?-gr?m?)n.1. An image produced without a camera by placing an object on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light.2. A photograph.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.photogram (?f??t???ræm) n1. (Photography) a picture, usually abstract, produced on a photographic material without the use of a camera, as by placing an object on the material and exposing to light2. (Photography) obsolete a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical recordCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014