celluloid
English Thesaurus
1. a medium that disseminates moving pictures (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | medium, |
| definition | : | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | silver screen, |
| definition | : | the film industry (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | cut-in, insert, |
| definition | : | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | macguffin, mcguffin, |
| definition | : | (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot (noun.cognition) |
2. highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics (noun.substance)
| substance holonym | : | camphor, |
| definition | : | a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment (noun.substance) |
3. artificial as if portrayed in a film (adj.all)
| similar | : | artificial, unreal, |
| definition | : | contrived by art rather than nature (adj.all) |
4. a medium that disseminates moving pictures (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | film, shoot, take, |
| definition | : | make a film or photograph of something (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | film, |
| definition | : | record in film (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | cinematic, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | film, shoot, take, |
| definition | : | make a film or photograph of something (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | film, |
| definition | : | record in film (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | cinematic, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema (adj.pert) |
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