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shot

noun (FILM)
 
 
/ʃɒt/ US  /ʃɑːt/

Definition

B2 [C] a photograph: I got/took some really good shots of the harbour at sunset.Photography [C] a short piece in a film in which there is a single action or a short series of actionsCinema - general words
(Definition of shot noun (FILM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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