film as a noun: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2
film flick motion-picture show motion picture movie moving-picture show moving picture pic picture picture show product production show telefilm feature feature film final cut home movie collage film coming attraction shoot-'em-up short subject docudrama documentary documentary film infotainment cinema verite film noir skin flick rough cut silent movie silent picture silents slow motion talkie talking picture 3-D 3D three-D musical musical comedy musical theater jump to corresponding sense entry
film noun
1 film A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement:— The film was shot on location.
synonyms: flick , motion-picture show , motion picture , movie , moving-picture show , moving picture , pic , picture , picture show .
Roget 204 :layer ,
stratum ,
strata ,
course ,
bed ,
zone ,
substratum ,
substrata ,
floor ,
flag ,
stage ,
story ,
tier ,
slab ,
escarpment ;
table ,
tablet ;
dess † ;
flagstone ;
board ,
plank ;
trencher ,
platter .
plate ;
lamina ,
lamella ;
sheet ,
foil ;
wafer ;
scale ,
flake ,
peel ;
coat ,
pellicle ;
membrane ,
film ;
leaf ;
slice ,
shive † ,
cut ,
rasher ,
shaving ,
integument
etc.
(covering)
223 eschar † .
stratification ,
scaliness ,
nest of boxes ,
coats of an onion .
monolayer ;
bilayer ;
trilayer [Bioch.] .
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Roget 426 :opacity ;
opaqueness
etc.
adj..
film ;
cloud
etc.
353
Roget 427 :semitransparency ,
translucency ,
semiopacity ;
opalescence ,
milkiness ,
pearliness † ;
gauze ,
muslin ;
film ;
mica ,
mother-of-pearl ,
nacre ;
mist
etc.
(cloud)
353 [opalescent jewel]
opal .
turbidity
etc.
426.1.
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Dutch: film, rolprent Polish: obraz, film
2 film A medium that disseminates moving pictures:— Film coverage of sporting events.
synonyms: celluloid , cinema .
Dutch: cinematografie, filmkunst
3 film Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies.
synonym: photographic film .
Polish: klisza fotograficzna, film, taśma filmowa, błona fotograficzna, film fotograficzny, klisza, błona światłoczuła
4 film A thin coating or layer.
Dutch: laagje, vlies
5 film A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things.
synonym: plastic film .
verb
1 film Make a film or photograph of something.
synonyms: shoot , take .
Dutch: vlies, film, verfilmen
2 film Record in film.
Dutch: verfilmen
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