Main entry: film, celluloid, cinema
Definition: a medium that disseminates moving pictures
Usage: theater pieces transferred to celluloid; this story would be good cinema; film coverage of sporting events
Main entry: celluloid
Definition: 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
Main entry: synthetic, celluloid
Definition: artificial as if portrayed in a film
Usage: a novel with flat celluloid characters