film /film/

1. A coating of a sensitive substance for taking a photograph
2. A sheet or strip of Celluloid or a similar plastic prepared with such a coating for use in still or cinema photography
3. A motion picture, a series of images photographed (and usu sounds recorded) on such a strip which, when projected in succession and at speed, or broadcast, onto a screen, tell a story, present a subject, etc
4. (often in pl) this technique of storytelling, etc as an art form, a medium of communication, or an industry, the cinema
5. A thin skin or membrane
6. A thin layer or coating
7. A pellicle or scum on liquids
8. A gauze of very slender threads
9. A mistiness
10. A thin sheet of usu plastic-based material used for wrapping

1. To photograph or record on film
2. To make a motion picture of
3. To adapt and enact for the cinema
4. To cover with a film

1. To make a motion picture
2. To become covered with a film

filmˈable adjective

Suitable for making a film of

filmˈdom or filmˈland noun

The cinema industry

filmˈic adjective

Relating to the cinema, film or cinematography

filmiˈness noun

filmˈish adjective

Having a flavour of the cinema

filmogˈraphy noun

A list of the films of a particular actor or director

filmˈy adjective

1. Composed of or like a film
2. Covered with a film
3. Gauzy or semi-transparent
4. Clouded

film badge noun

A badge containing sensitive film worn by those risking exposure to radioactivity to detect and usu indicate the amount of exposure

film colour noun

A vague textureless area of colour, such as the sky or that seen with closed eyes, as opposed to colour seen on the surface of an object

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