Definitions
Display surface, protective barrier, or act of examining.
Word origin
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”).
Used in a sentence
“a fire screen”
“Your leavy screens throw down.”
“There is also great use of ambitious men in being screens to princes in matters of danger and envy”
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Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Display for a computer”6 letters
02“Display on a phone”6 letters
03“Monitor surface”6 letters
04“Movie display surface”6 letters
05“Movie theater surface”6 letters
06“Display surface”6 letters
07“Display panel”6 letters
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