celluloid English

Meaning celluloid meaning

What does celluloid mean?

celluloid

— noun 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

— adjective artificial as if portrayed in a film a novel with flat celluloid characters

— noun (= film, cinema) a medium that disseminates moving pictures theater pieces transferred to celluloid this story would be good cinema film coverage of sporting events

Synonyms celluloid synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as celluloid?

celluloid English » English

film

cinema

xylonite

synthetic

plexiglass

unrealistic

stiff plastic

pyroxylin

nitrocellulose

movie

gincotton

gelatine glue

gelatine

gelatin

footage

flick

filmlike

collodion

colla taurina

cinematic

cellulose nitrate