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home screen

home screen noun: the domestic television, as opposed to the cinema. Also the alternative form of homescreen.

Noun

home screen (plural home screens)

  1. The domestic television, as opposed to the cinema.
    • In 1947 Castle introduced cartoon stars Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda to the home screen.2004, Scott MacGillivray, Castle Films: A Hobbyists's Guide, page 11

Also used as

home screen is also the alternative form of homescreen.

Forms of home screen

pluralhome screens

Questions about home screen

What does home screen mean?
Home screen means the domestic television, as opposed to the cinema.
What part of speech is home screen?
Home screen is a noun.
What is the plural of home screen?
The plural of home screen is home screens.

Words near home screen in the dictionary

  1. home schooled
  2. home schooler
  3. home schoolers
  4. home schooling
  5. home schools
  6. home screen
  7. home screens
  8. Home Secretaries
  9. Home Secretary
  10. home set
  11. home sets

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