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MOTION-PICTURE FILM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motion-picture film mean? 

MOTION-PICTURE FILM (noun)
  The noun MOTION-PICTURE FILM has 1 sense:

1. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie cameraplay

  Familiarity information: MOTION-PICTURE FILM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOTION-PICTURE FILM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cine-film; motion-picture film; movie film

Hypernyms ("motion-picture film" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motion-picture film"):

sound film (motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it)


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