"cel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cel.wav Forms: cels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Clipping of celluloid. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|celluloid}} Clipping of celluloid Head templates: {{en-noun}} cel (plural cels)
  1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. Categories (topical): Animation Derived forms: cel-shaded, cel shading
    Sense id: en-cel-en-noun-NRmlPfce Disambiguation of Animation: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cell
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cel.wav Forms: cels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Clipping of celibate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|celibate}} Clipping of celibate Head templates: {{en-noun}} cel (plural cels)
  1. clipping of celibate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: celibate Categories (topical): Animation Synonyms: celibate, truecel, trucel Derived forms: incel, marcel, noncel, truecel, heightcel, nearcel, hicel, volcel
    Sense id: en-cel-en-noun-NhBPfApw Disambiguation of Animation: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cell
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of celluloid.",
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      "form": "cels",
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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            "Media",
            "Society",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cel-shaded"
        },
        {
          "word": "cel shading"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2008 June 22, Michael Hirschorn, “Success Story 2”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "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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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "celluloid",
          "celluloid"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "frame",
          "frame"
        ],
        [
          "animated",
          "animated"
        ],
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/sɛl/"
    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "cell"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sell"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cell"
    }
  ],
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}

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  ],
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      ]
    }
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        }
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "incel"
        },
        {
          "word": "marcel"
        },
        {
          "word": "noncel"
        },
        {
          "word": "truecel"
        },
        {
          "word": "heightcel"
        },
        {
          "word": "nearcel"
        },
        {
          "word": "hicel"
        },
        {
          "word": "volcel"
        }
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        {
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "trucel"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "sell"
    },
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    }
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    {
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "English three-letter words",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛl",
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    {
      "word": "cel-shaded"
    },
    {
      "word": "cel shading"
    }
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    }
  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "celluloid"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "frame",
          "frame"
        ],
        [
          "animated",
          "animated"
        ],
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "cell"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sell"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cell"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɛl/1 syllable",
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      "word": "incel"
    },
    {
      "word": "marcel"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncel"
    },
    {
      "word": "truecel"
    },
    {
      "word": "heightcel"
    },
    {
      "word": "nearcel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hicel"
    },
    {
      "word": "volcel"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "plural"
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    }
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    }
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "sell"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "celibate"
    },
    {
      "word": "truecel"
    },
    {
      "word": "trucel"
    },
    {
      "word": "cell"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cel"
}

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