celluloid

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. 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
• Hypernyms:
thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin
• Substance Meronyms:
camphor, cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton
2. a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- theater pieces transferred to celluloid
- this story would be good cinema
- film coverage of sporting events
• Syn:
film, cinema
• Derivationally related forms:
cinematic (for: cinema), film (for: film)
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production, commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
• Members of this Topic:
cut-in, insert, McGuffin, MacGuffin
• Hypernyms:
medium
• Hyponyms:
silver screen

II - adjective

artificial as if portrayed in a film
- a novel with flat celluloid characters
• Syn:
synthetic
• Similar to:
artificial, unreal

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  synthetic, film, cinema