filmstrip

noun

film·​strip ˈfilm-ˌstrip 

: a strip of film bearing a sequence of images for projection as still pictures

Examples of filmstrip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yes, the filmstrips look old, but that’s par for the course in Widow’s Bay, where all tech is frozen a few decades in the past. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 June 2026

Inspired by her Dior full-body filmstrip dress, celebrity nail artist Zola Ganzorigt painted on filmlike designs along the top of a bare nail. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 June 2026

After all, those old slides or filmstrips of your great-granddad might never be viewed otherwise, without some kind of analog-to-digital conversion. — David English, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026

Back in Chicago, Burleigh worked for a Lincoln Park company called the Society for Visual Education, or SVE, which produced educational games and filmstrips. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for filmstrip

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• flagship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship
• midship

Kids Definition

filmstrip

noun

film·​strip ˈfilm-ˌstrip 

: a strip of film for projecting still pictures on a screen