celluloid

adjective

  1. 1

    artificial as if portrayed in a film

    a novel with flat celluloid characters

noun

  1. 1

    a medium that disseminates moving pictures

    theater pieces transferred to celluloid

    this story would be good cinema

  2. 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

Synonyms

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