celluloid
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- thermoplastic hypernym
Parts & wholes
- camphor substance meronym
- cellulose nitrate substance meronym
Sense 2 adjective
artificial as if portrayed in a film
a novel with flat celluloid characters
Related & opposite
- artificial similar to
Sense 3 noun
a medium that disseminates moving pictures
theater pieces transferred to celluloid
Types & categories
- medium hypernym
- silver screen hyponym
Related & opposite
- film derivation
- film derivation
- cinematic derivation
- artistic creation domain topic
- business enterprise domain topic
- cut-in has domain topic
- McGuffin has domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | camphor |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | cellulose nitrate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thermoplastic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | artificial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | film |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | film |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cinematic |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | cut-in |
| 3 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | McGuffin |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | medium |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | silver screen |