Definition: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
Usage: they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
Similar words: protection, protective cover, protective covering
Definition: a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
Usage: they had no protection from the fallout; wax provided protection for the floors
Synonyms: screen
Definition: a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
Usage: they put screens in the windows for protection against insects; a metal screen protected the observers
Similar words: protection, protective cover, protective covering
Definition: a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
Usage: they had no protection from the fallout; wax provided protection for the floors
Synonyms: screen, concealment, cover, covert
Definition: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Usage: a screen of trees afforded privacy; under cover of darkness; the brush provided a covert for game; the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
Similar words: covering
Definition: an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Synonyms: screen
Definition: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
Similar words: partition, divider
Definition: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Synonyms: screen, CRT screen
Definition: the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
Similar words: video display, display
Definition: an electronic device that represents information in visual form
Synonyms: screen, silver screen, projection screen
Definition: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
Similar words: surface
Definition: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
Usage: there is a special cleaner for these surfaces; the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface
Synonyms: screen, screen door
Definition: a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door
Usage: he heard the screen slam as she left
Similar words: door
Definition: a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
Usage: he knocked on the door; he slammed the door as he left
Definition: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
Similar words: strainer
Definition: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Synonyms: filmdom, screen, screenland
Definition: the personnel of the film industry
Usage: a star of stage and screen
Similar words: film industry, movie industry
Definition: the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies
Synonyms: screen
Definition: examine methodically
Usage: screen the suitcases
Similar words: study, examine, analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass
Definition: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Usage: analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare; analyze the evidence in a criminal trial; analyze your real motives
Definition: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
Similar words: protect
Definition: shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
Usage: Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain
Definition: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Similar words: sieve, sift, strain
Definition: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
Usage: sift the flour
Definition: prevent from entering
Usage: block out the strong sunlight
Similar words: jam, close up, block, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Definition: block passage through
Usage: obstruct the path
Synonyms: screen
Definition: project onto a screen for viewing
Usage: screen a film
Similar words: show
Definition: make visible or noticeable
Usage: She showed her talent for cooking; Show me your etchings, please
Synonyms: sieve, screen, screen out, sort
Definition: examine in order to test suitability
Usage: screen these samples; screen the job applicants
Similar words: select, choose, take, pick out
Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Definition: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
Usage: screen the blood for the HIV virus
Similar words: check
Definition: make an examination or investigation
Usage: check into the rumor; check the time of the class