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big screen

big screen noun: the large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.

Noun

big screen (plural big screens)

  1. The large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.
    • You should watch Star Wars on the big screen for the full effect.
    • He also became a big screen star. The 2014 film Paddington included scenes shot within his namesake terminus, [...].2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
    • Stars of the stage and the big screen gathered for the awards ceremony.
    • Jane Smith made her big-screen debut in 2005, appearing as a librarian in a Hollywood crime thriller.

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Forms of big screen

pluralbig screens

Questions about big screen

What does big screen mean?
Big screen means the large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.
What part of speech is big screen?
Big screen is a noun.
What is the plural of big screen?
The plural of big screen is big screens.

Words near big screen in the dictionary

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  4. big schools
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