moving picture

English

Noun

moving picture (plural moving pictures)

1. (dated) A film or movie.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13:

     "You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture."

Synonyms

• see movie § Synonyms

Hypernyms

• picture

Hyponyms

• see movie § Hyponyms

Meronyms

• still frame

Coordinate terms

• photograph

Derived terms

• movie
• moving-picture theater