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film stock

film stock noun: a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide crystals, used for recording motion pictures.

Noun

film stock (countable and uncountable, plural film stocks)

  1. A strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide crystals, used for recording motion pictures.

Forms of film stock

pluralfilm stocks

Questions about film stock

What does film stock mean?
Film stock means a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide crystals, used for recording motion pictures.
What part of speech is film stock?
Film stock is a noun.
What is the plural of film stock?
The plural of film stock is film stocks.

Words near film stock in the dictionary

  1. film sets
  2. film speed
  3. film speeds
  4. film star
  5. film stars
  6. film stock
  7. film stocks
  8. film strip
  9. film strips
  10. film studies
  11. film tourism

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