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paravent
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Screen
- (n.) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
Synonyms:
Blind, Concealment, Cover, Covert, Riddle, Shield, Sieve, Sort, Test,
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• Screenings
- (n. pl.) The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
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• Screening
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screen
Synonyms:
Cover, Covering, Masking, Showing, Viewing,
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