celluloid

celluloid is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
2. noun. a medium that disseminates moving pictures

   "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"

   "this story would be good cinema"

   Synonyms: cinema, film

3. 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
4. adjective. artificial as if portrayed in a film

   "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

   Synonyms: synthetic

Synonyms

cinema, film, synthetic

Common word forms

celluloids, celluloided

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