Associations to the word «Celluloid»
Noun
- Alcohol
- Lambert
- Pencil
- Frame
- Aviation
- Lens
- Label
- Substitute
- Davies
- Kerala
- Motion
- Chemical
- Invention
- Handle
- Editing
- Photograph
- Image
- Romance
- Andrea
- Metal
- Gay
- Vega
- Disc
- Printing
- Powder
- Horror
- Scene
- Mixture
- Experiment
- Symbol
- Needle
- Rival
- Shirt
- Screen
- Factory
- Singh
- Wing
- Advertising
- Rob
- Pick
- Acid
- Substance
- Lock
- Impact
- Color
- Mask
- Anderson
- Produce
- Festival
- Item
- Warner
- Wood
- Machine
- Actor
- Piece
- Viewer
Adjective
Adverb
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 words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.