ALL meanings of celluloid
cel·lu·loid
C c - uncountable noun celluloid You can use celluloid to refer to films and the cinema. 3
- noun celluloid a flammable thermoplastic material consisting of cellulose nitrate mixed with a plasticizer, usually camphor: used in sheets, rods, and tubes for making a wide range of articles 3
- noun celluloid a cellulose derivative used for coating film 3
- noun celluloid one of the transparent sheets on which the constituent drawings of an animated film are prepared 3
- noun celluloid a transparent sheet used as an overlay in artwork 3
- noun celluloid cinema film 3
- noun celluloid a tough, flammable thermoplastic made from pyroxylin and camphor, used, esp. formerly, for toilet articles, novelties, etc. 3
- noun celluloid films 3
- noun celluloid a tough, highly flammable substance consisting essentially of cellulose nitrate and camphor, used in the manufacture of motion-picture and x-ray film and other products. 1
- noun celluloid motion-picture film. 1
- adjective celluloid Informal. of or involving motion pictures. 1
- noun celluloid A transparent flammable plastic made in sheets from camphor and nitrocellulose, formerly used for cinematographic film. 1
- noun celluloid material used for cinema film 1
- adjective celluloid relating to the cinema 1
- noun celluloid Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film. 0
- noun celluloid (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film. 0