reel
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4.4
- noun
- /ril/
:
bobina
- She placed the reel of film carefully on the projector for the screening.
- film reel
- reel of microfilm
- sample reel
And it'll probably be on the the the last episodes blooper reel.
- And it'll probably be on the the the last episodes blooper reel.
- You know, going into the photography shop and taking reels of film and splicing them up and selling them in school.
- Therefore it looks significantly more bad on a evidence photograph reel.
Examples
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See, a movie doesn't come all on one big reel.
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All of the hard drives and the film reels are in our possession.
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Is that the end of that reel?
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What happens in the next reel?
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Subsequent generations of film of a given reel are derived from the negative.
Academic text (2013) -
Each film was also assigned a reel for archive purposes.
Academic text (2017) -
At left is a plastic film reel popped out to accept 120 film.
Academic text (1997) -
Harry's trying to keep the projector going, as the previous reel is about to end.
Fiction book (2001) -
That's one for the blooper reel.
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As vinegar syndrome advances and this separation intensifies, it can make film reels unreadable.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.2
A cylinder that holds thread, tape, or film wound around it
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3.9
A strip of material for taking photos that is wound on a spool
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1.8
A long roll of material that records moving pictures in a movie camera
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Etymology
Reel for a roll of film comes from the same idea as the cylinder: film is a 'roll' wound on a reel, so a reel of film is a set amount of movie footage wound on that cylinder.