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sex scene

sex scene noun: a segment in a film or television program in which characters engage in simulated or real sexual activity.

Noun

sex scene (plural sex scenes)

  1. A segment in a film or television program in which characters engage in simulated or real sexual activity.
    • I most remember the sex scene in the woods. The night it was due to go out, I went to buy a Sunday newspaper from my local shop, and the headline read: “BBC braces itself for biggest sex shock ever.”2023 March 30, Rich Pelley, quoting Alison Steadman, “Alison Steadman: ‘We filmed the sex scene in the New Forest, so it was quite prickly’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of sex scene

pluralsex scenes

Questions about sex scene

What does sex scene mean?
Sex scene means a segment in a film or television program in which characters engage in simulated or real sexual activity.
What part of speech is sex scene?
Sex scene is a noun.
What is the plural of sex scene?
The plural of sex scene is sex scenes.

Words near sex scene in the dictionary

  1. sex reassignment
  2. sex reassignment surgeries
  3. sex reassignment surgery
  4. sex reveal
  5. sex reveals
  6. sex scene
  7. sex scenes
  8. sex sells
  9. sex shop
  10. sex shops
  11. sex slave

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