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CELLULOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medium that disseminates moving pictures
Example:
film coverage of sporting events
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("celluloid" is a kind of...):
medium (a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Domain member category:
cut-in; insert ((film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film)
MacGuffin; McGuffin ((film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "celluloid"):
silver screen (the film industry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("celluloid" is a kind of...):
thermoplastic; thermoplastic resin (a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled)
Meronyms (substance of "celluloid"):
camphor (a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment)
cellulose nitrate; guncotton; nitrocellulose; nitrocotton (a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Artificial as if portrayed in a film
Example:
a novel with flat celluloid characters
Synonyms:
celluloid; synthetic
Classified under:
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
