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film
Noun
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A film is a recording of a moving picture that tells stories including actors, directors, and producers.
The studio has hired some actors to make a film about the making of Wiktionary.
Let's go to the theatre and watch a film.
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The art or business of making films.
I studied film at college and now I'm a writer.
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Film is a thin, clear material used for taking photographs or movies.
My new camera is digital and doesn't need film.
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A film is a flat, thin material or substance often covering something.
The soap left a sticky film on the glass.
We use a plastic film to protect the food.
film
Verb
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If you film something, you record it as a moving picture.
Somebody filmed the attack with their cell phone and showed it to police.
canal
Noun
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A canal is a waterway (similar to a river) that is made by humans so that boats can travel it.
Before the canal was made there was no way to travel between the two lakes.
canal
Verb
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To canal is to build a man-made waterway.
Let's canal through this mountain so we can connect the lakes by water.