[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

screen \screen\ skr=en, n. oe. scren, of. escrein, escran,
   f. 'ecran, of uncertain origin; cf. g. schirm a screen,
   ohg. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or g. schragen a
   trestle, a stack of wood, or g. schranne a railing.
   1. anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury,
      or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a
      shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
      1913 webster

            your leavy screens throw down.        --shak.
      1913 webster

            some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in
            matters of danger and envy.           --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. arch. a dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain
      height for separation and protection, as in a church, to
      separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
      1913 webster

   3. a surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall,
      etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a
      magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. a long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving
      perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the
      finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
      1913 webster

   5. cricket an erection of white canvas or wood placed on
      the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball
      better.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   6. a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used
      mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while
      excluding insects.

   screen door, a door of which half or more is composed of a
      screen.

   screen window, a screen inside a frame, fitted for
      insertion into a window frame.
      pjc

   7. the surface of an electronic device, as a television set
      or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed.
      the screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube
      containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but
      other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen
      are also used, as in flat-panel displays.
      pjc

   8. the motion-picture industry; motion pictures. "a star of
      stage and screen."
      pjc
see also:
screen door screen window 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

screen door
     n : a door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a
         building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam
         as she left" syn: screen
see also:
screen 

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