Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
moving picture
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It seemed to be a moving picture of an ancient courtyard.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moving picture
Moving picture \Moving picture\ same as motion picture.
Wiktionary
moving picture
n. (context dated English) ''Early term for'' a film or movie.
WordNet
moving picture
n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick]
Usage examples of "moving picture".
Boardman watched the moving picture show through the rivulets of rain mapping their way across the window.
For a fraction of a second, a moving picture could still be seen on its rumpled surface, but suddenly that picture disappeared to be replaced with a checked pattern.