Associations to the word «Celluloid»
Noun
- Cellulose
- Eastman
- Lm
- Acetate
- Nitrate
- Plastic
- Russo
- Homosexuality
- Collar
- Edison
- Dickson
- Stud
- Nitro
- Goodwin
- Epstein
- Tortoise
- Hannibal
- Dreams
- Reel
- Skyline
- Kamal
- Rubber
- Cuff
- Strip
- Manufacture
- Camera
- Wesley
- Sheet
- Cinema
- Buttons
- Doll
- Nuremberg
- Hollywood
- Scarecrow
- Patent
- Movie
- Plaster
- Negative
- Comb
- Grease
- Fi
- Explosive
- Animation
- Documentary
- Ivory
- Inventor
- Spill
- Film
- Ether
- Ceiling
- Resin
- Aluminium
- Dye
- Photography
- Mold
- Filmmaker
- Manufacturing
- Cylinder
- Hero
- Roll
- Greene
- Coating
- Plate
- Pin
- Scream
- Jeffrey
- Pen
- Newark
- Massacre
- Picture
- Albany
- Lp
- Disk
- Sanders
- Trademark
- Chemist
- Records
- Material
- Cotton
- Sheffield
Adjective
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Wiktionary
CELLULOID, noun. Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
CELLULOID, noun. (figuratively) (often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
Dictionary definition
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.
CELLULOID, noun. A medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events".
CELLULOID, adjective. Artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters".
Wise words
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