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screen
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- pronunciation:
- skrin
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A screen is a piece of material made of very thin metal wires woven together. Because there are holes between the wires, air can come through the screen and you can see through it too. Screens are often used to cover openings like windows and doors.
The screen in my window lets fresh air come into my room and keeps the bugs out.
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| definition 2: |
The part of a television or computer that shows the picture or words is called the screen. It is the screen that you look at when you watch TV or use a computer.
Ian's new TV has a really wide screen.
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| definition 3: |
A screen is anything that hides or protects.
My grandma shared a room with another lady when she was in the hospital. There was a screen between their beds.- synonyms:
- cover, curtain, protection, shield
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| definition 4: |
A screen is a flat, white surface on which you can see movies, pictures, or other images. In a movie theater, they show movies on a very large screen.
The screen in the classroom is just white until the teacher projects an image onto it. |
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A screen is a narrow, flat, standing thing that is used to give privacy or to divide a room. You can usually move a screen and put it wherever you want.
The nurses moved a screen next to the patient just before the doctor came in to examine her.In that restaurant we like, the tables are separated by pretty, wooden screens.
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| related words: |
defense, display, filter, guard, monitor, wall |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
screens, screening, screened |
| definition 1: |
When you screen something, you let in things that you want and separate out things that you don't want.
My grandmother screens her phone calls because she gets too many calls from people and businesses she doesn't know. She always answers when we call, though.- similar words:
- evaluate, filter, sift, sort
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| definition 2: |
When people screen a movie, they show the movie on a screen.
The theater is screening the movie all week long.- similar words:
- present, preview, project, show
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| related words: |
hide, shield |
| derivations: |
screenlike (adj.), screener (n.) |
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