Overview of noun film

The noun film has 5 senses

• movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick -- (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")


• film, cinema, celluloid -- (a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events")


• film, photographic film -- (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)


• film -- (a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust")


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

Overview of verb film

The verb film has 2 senses

• film, shoot, take -- (make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie")


• film -- (record in film; "The coronation was filmed")