noun an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance
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Cabinet picture
a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.
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Easel picture, Easel piece
a painting of moderate size such as is made while resting on an easel, as distinguished from a painting on a wall or ceiling.
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get the picture
verb get the meaning of something
grok; apprehend; dig; comprehend; grasp; compass; savvy.
Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
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identikit picture
noun a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
Identikit.
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memory picture
noun a memory image that is similar to a visual perception
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mental picture
noun a clear and telling mental image
picture; impression.
he described his mental picture of his assailant
he had no clear picture of himself or his world
the events left a permanent impression in his mind
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motion picture
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; pic; movie; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
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motion-picture camera
noun a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
movie camera; cine-camera.
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motion-picture fan
noun someone who goes to see movies
moviegoer.
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motion-picture film
noun photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
cine-film; movie film.
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motion-picture photography
noun the act of making a film
filming; cinematography.
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motion-picture show
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; pic; movie; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
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moving picture
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; pic; movie; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
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moving-picture show
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; pic; movie; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
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paint a picture
verb call to mind
suggest; evoke.
this remark evoked sadness
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picture book
noun a book consisting chiefly of pictures
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picture card
noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
face card; court card.
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picture element
noun (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
pel; pixel.
the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution
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picture frame
noun a framework in which a picture is mounted
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Picture gallery
noun a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
art gallery; gallery.
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a gallery, or large apartment, devoted to the exhibition of pictures.
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picture hat
noun a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim
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picture palace
noun a theater where films are shown
movie theater; movie theatre; movie house; cinema.
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picture plane
noun the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
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picture postcard
noun a postcard with a picture on one side
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picture rail
noun rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures
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Picture red
a rod of metal tube fixed to the walls of a room, from which pictures are hung.
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picture show
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; pic; movie; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
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picture taking
noun the act of taking and printing photographs
photography.
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picture tube
noun a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
kinescope; television tube.
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picture window
noun a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view)
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Picture writing
noun a writing system using pictographs
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. (a) The art of recording events, or of expressing messages, by means of pictures representing the actions or circumstances in question . Tylor. (b) The record or message so represented; as, the picture writing of the American Indians.
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Poker picture
a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron.
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Right line a picture
as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
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Sand picture
a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface.
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Sepia drawing ∨ picture
a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.
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silent picture
noun a movie without a soundtrack
silent movie; silents.
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stereoscopic picture
noun two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together
stereo; stereoscopic photograph.
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Sun picture
a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph.
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talking picture
noun a movie with synchronized speech and singing
talkie.
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To cradle a picture
to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.
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wedding picture
noun photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding
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Word picture
noun a graphic or vivid verbal description
picture; delineation; characterization; characterisation; depiction; word-painting.
too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
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an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.
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x-ray picture
noun a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
X ray; X-ray photograph; roentgenogram; X-ray.
