| NOUN | substance | celluloid | highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor |
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| communication | celluloid, film, cinema | a medium that disseminates moving pictures | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | celluloid, synthetic | artificial as if portrayed in a film |
| Sounds | seh'lahloy.d | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adenoid ... void: 38 rhymes with oyd... | |
| Meaning | Artificial as if portrayed in a film. | |
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| Example | "a novel with flat celluloid characters" | |
| Synonym | synthetic | |
| Broader | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
| Spanish | sintético | |
| 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. | |
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| Broader | thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin | A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled |
| Substances | camphor | A resin obtained from the camphor tree |
| cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton | A nitric acid ester | |
| Spanish | celuloide | |
| Catalan | cel·luloide | |
| Meaning | A medium that disseminates moving pictures. | |
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| Example | "theater pieces transferred to celluloid" | |
| Synonyms | film, cinema | |
| Category of | McGuffin, MacGuffin | (film) a plot element that catches / catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot |
| cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | |
| Narrower | silver screen | The film industry |
| Broader | medium | A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
| Spanish | celuloide, cinema, cine, film | |
| Catalan | cel·luloide, cinema, cine, film | |
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