a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; they went to a movie every Saturday night; the film was shot on location

[ Syn: movie , movie , picture , picture , moving picture , moving picture , moving-picture show , moving-picture show , motion picture , motion picture , motion-picture show , motion-picture show , picture show , picture show , pic , pic , flick , flick ]

a medium that disseminates moving pictures; theater pieces transferred to celluloid; this story would be good cinema; film coverage of sporting events

[ Syn: cinema , celluloid ]

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

[ Syn: photographic film ]

a thin coating or layer; the table was covered with a film of dust'

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

[ Syn: plastic film , plastic film ]

make a film or photograph of something; take a scene; shoot a movie

[ Syn: shoot , take ]

record in film; The coronation was filmed'