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telefilm

American  
[tel-uh-film] / ˈtɛl əˌfɪlm /

noun

  1. a motion picture intended primarily to be shown on television.


Etymology

Origin of telefilm

First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + film

Example Sentences

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Indeed, the imprint of the original production, memorialized in a telefilm recording of a 1980 tour stop in Los Angeles, is unavoidable.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Norton’s brother-in-law is far from the only fan of the 1972 telefilm, which won an Emmy for then-unknown special makeup effects designer Stan Winston.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2019

But the telefilm any aging kid will recall with a shudder was Trilogy of Terror, starring Karen Black and produced and directed by House of Dark Shadows’s Dan Curtis from three Matheson stories.

From Time • Oct. 31, 2011

The telefilm is based on the bestselling book of the same name by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin.

From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2011

You've got cans of telefilm in the cellar, but them I don't mind.

From Spacemen Never Die! by Hershman, Morris

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