Associations to the word «Celluloid»

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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.