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film

Nouns

• (n) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  • they went to a movie every Saturday night
  • the film was shot on location
  motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, flick, picture,
• (n) a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  • theater pieces transferred to celluloid
  • this story would be good cinema
  • film coverage of sporting events
  cinema, celluloid,
• (n) photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies photographic film,
• (n) a thin coating or layer
  • the table was covered with a film of dust
• (n) a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things plastic film,

Verbs

• (v) make a film or photograph of something
  • take a scene
  • shoot a movie
  shoot, take,
• (v) record in film
  • The coronation was filmed

Synonyms

motion picture motion-picture show movie moving picture moving-picture show pic picture show flick picture shoot take cinema celluloid photographic film plastic film

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