celluloid

Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.

figurativelyoften used attributivelyThe genre of cinema; film.

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

A medium that disseminates moving pictures

“theater pieces transferred to celluloid”

“this story would be good cinema”

“film coverage of sporting events”

Artificial as if portrayed in a film

“a novel with flat celluloid characters”