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Definition
Celluloid; the earliest invented thermoplastic resin material.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the historical plastic material often associated with vintage dolls, film strips, and guitar picks. It is rarely used in modern daily conversation outside of historical, artistic, or specialized industrial contexts.
Examples
This old toy is made of celluloid.
Do you know what kind of material celluloid is?
Related words
Common phrases
celluloid film sheet
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
