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film
noun
a
story
shown
in
a
cinema
or
on
television
,
recorded
with
moving
pictures
and
sound
•
We
watched
a
film
about
space
explorers
last
night
.
We
watched
a
film
about
space
explorers
last
night
.
•
The
new
superhero
film
broke
box-office
records
.
The
new
superhero
film
broke
box-office
records
.
From
Old
English
"
filmen
"
meaning
membrane
or
thin
skin
;
later
applied
to
moving-picture
stories
in
the
early
20th
century
.
verb
to
record
moving
pictures
with
a
camera
•
Tourists
stopped
to
film
the
parade
.
Tourists
stopped
to
film
the
parade
.
•
She
wants
to
film
a
documentary
about
sea
turtles
.
She
wants
to
film
a
documentary
about
sea
turtles
.
The
verb
developed
in
the
early
1900s
,
after
the
invention
of
motion-picture
film
,
meaning
to
capture
images
on
that
material
.
noun
a
very
thin
layer
of
a
substance
that
covers
a
surface
•
A
thin
film
of
dust
covered
the
bookshelf
.
A
thin
film
of
dust
covered
the
bookshelf
.
•
The
lake
was
covered
by
a
film
of
ice
in
the
early
morning
.
The
lake
was
covered
by
a
film
of
ice
in
the
early
morning
.
Old
English
"
filmen
"
referred
to
a
skin
or
membrane
;
this
sense
of
a
surface
layer
survived
through
Middle
English
and
into
modern
usage
.
noun
a
strip
or
roll
of
plastic
coated
with
light-sensitive
chemicals
used
for
taking
photographs
or
recording
movies
•
Old
photographers
still
like
to
shoot
on
film
instead
of
digital
.
Old
photographers
still
like
to
shoot
on
film
instead
of
digital
.
•
I
loaded
a
roll
of
black-and-white
film
into
my
camera
.
I
loaded
a
roll
of
black-and-white
film
into
my
camera
.
This
technological
sense
grew
from
the
earlier
meaning
of
a
thin
layer
;
by
the
late
19th
century
,
inventors
used
"
film
"
to
describe
the
light-sensitive
coating
on
cellulose
.
