Film definition

Film as a noun

1. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

   "the film was shot on location"

   Same sense: movie, picture, picture show, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, pic

2. a medium that disseminates moving pictures

   "film coverage of sporting events"

   Same sense: cinema, celluloid

3. photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

   Same sense: photographic film

4. a thin coating or layer

   "the table was covered with a film of dust"

5. a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

   Same sense: plastic film

Film as a verb

6. make a film or photograph of something

   Same sense: take, shoot

7. record in film

   "The coronation was filmed"

Synonyms and antonyms

• movie definition
• picture definition
• picture show
• moving picture
• moving-picture show
• motion picture
• motion-picture show
• pic
• cinema
• celluloid
• photographic film
• plastic film
• take definition
• shoot

How to say film

Film has 1 syllable and rhymes with microfilm. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with film

• microfilm

FILM in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

0

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