film

Noun

• a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

• a thin coating or layer
  • the table was covered with a film of dust
    

• photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

• a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  • theater pieces transferred to celluloid
    
  • this story would be good cinema
    
  • film coverage of sporting events
    

• 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
    
  • the film was shot on location
    

Verb

• record in film
  • The coronation was filmed
    

• make a film or photograph of something
  • take a scene
    
  • shoot a movie
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  plastic film , photographic film , cinema , celluloid , shoot , take