Main entry: film
Definition: a thin coating or layer
Usage: the table was covered with a film of dust
Main entry: film, photographic film
Definition: photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
Main entry: plastic film, film
Definition: a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
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: motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, film, flick, pic, picture, picture show
Definition: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Usage: they went to a movie every Saturday night; the film was shot on location
Definition: make a film or photograph of something
Usage: take a scene; shoot a movie
Main entry: film
Definition: record in film
Usage: The coronation was filmed