THREE-D

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does three-D mean? 

• THREE-D (noun)
  The noun THREE-D has 2 senses:

1. a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance

2. having a three-dimensional form or appearance

  Familiarity information: THREE-D used as a noun is rare.

• THREE-D (adjective)
  The adjective THREE-D has 1 sense:

1. involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth

  Familiarity information: THREE-D used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREE-D (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

3-D; 3D; three-D

Hypernyms ("three-D" is a kind of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a three-dimensional form or appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

3-D; 3D; three-D

Context example:

aren't dreams always in 3-D?

Hypernyms ("three-D" is a kind of...):

appearance (a mental representation)

• THREE-D (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth

Synonyms:

3-dimensional; third-dimensional; three-d; three-dimensional

Context example:

they shot the movie in three-D

Similar:

multidimensional (having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects)