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hand screen

hand screen noun: a small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.

Noun

hand screen (plural hand screens)

  1. (historical) A small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
    • She took me to her Boudoir, seated me on the soffa, fetched me a hand screen, and entered into a most spirited conversation, with all her old facility, and pleasantry, and singularity.1816, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 505

Forms of hand screen

pluralhand screens
alternative formhand-screen

Questions about hand screen

What does hand screen mean?
Hand screen means a small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
What part of speech is hand screen?
Hand screen is a noun.
What is the plural of hand screen?
The plural of hand screen is hand screens.

Words near hand screen in the dictionary

  1. hand sanitizers
  2. hand sannies
  3. hand sanny
  4. hand saw
  5. hand saws
  6. hand screen
  7. hand screens
  8. hand scrub
  9. hand scrubs
  10. hand shaker
  11. hand shakers

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