cel
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 3
/sɛl/
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/sɛl/ · /siːl/
Definition of cel
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
“After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney, then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.”
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noun
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A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
“After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney, then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of celibacy or celibate.
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of check engine light.
name
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A diminutive of the female given name Celia.
“I said no, and Celia said, "Yeah right. Who's gonna go out with her?" But she smiled when she said it, so I wasn't mad. And then Margaret winked at me and she said, "Cel's just jealous, Annemarie, 'cause you're way prettier than she was when she was your age."”
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Etymology
Clipping of celluloid.
Hooks
3 extensions · 3 back
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