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film
A thin coating or layer
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noun
A thin coating or layer
“The table was covered with a film of dust”
noun
Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
noun
A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
noun
A medium that disseminates moving pictures
“Theater pieces transferred to celluloid”
noun
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”
verb
Make a film or photograph of something
“Take a scene”
verb
Record in film
“The coronation was filmed”
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The table was covered with a film of dust
Theater pieces transferred to celluloid
This story would be good cinema
Film coverage of sporting events
They went to a movie every Saturday night
The film was shot on location
Take a scene
Shoot a movie
The coronation was filmed
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