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screen
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- pronunciation:
- skrin
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a piece of material made of woven wire. A screen covers a window, door, or other opening.
If you don't close the screen, flies will come into the house.
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| definition 2: |
the flat surface on devices such as televisions, computers, or phones on which you see text or images.
We got a new television with a fifty-inch screen.My phone's screen is too small for me to watch movies.
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| definition 3: |
anything that hides or protects.
The tall bushes acted as a screen around the yard.They put screens around the patient's hospital bed.- synonyms:
- cover, shield
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| related words: |
defense, display, filter, monitor |
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| derivations: |
screenlike (adj.), screener (n.) |
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