Film definition

(1) A thin coating or layer

"The table was covered with a film of dust"

(2) Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

(3) A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

(4) A medium that disseminates moving pictures

"Theater pieces transferred to celluloid"

"This story would be good cinema"

"Film coverage of sporting events"

(5) A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

"They went to a movie every Saturday night"

"The film was shot on location"

(6) Make a film or photograph of something

"Take a scene"

"Shoot a movie"

(7) Record in film

"The coronation was filmed"