silent picture

/ˌsaɪlənt ˌpɪktʃər/
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Other forms: silent pictures

Definitions of silent picture
  1. noun
    a movie without a soundtrack
    synonyms: silent movie, silents
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    type of:
    film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show
    a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
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