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lock screen

lock screen noun: a screen displayed by a computer or mobile device left unattended, requiring the user to perform a certain action to regain access.

Noun

lock screen (plural lock screens)

  1. A screen displayed by a computer or mobile device left unattended, requiring the user to perform a certain action to regain access.
    • Take down any pictures, change your lock screen, and put all your cute couple selfies in a “do not open” folder. Then, you know…actually don’t open it.2023 October 23, Rachel Varina, “How to Get Over a Breakup So You Can *Actually* Move On and Heal”, in Cosmopolitan

Forms of lock screen

plurallock screens

Origin of lock screen

From lock + screen.

Questions about lock screen

What does lock screen mean?
Lock screen means a screen displayed by a computer or mobile device left unattended, requiring the user to perform a certain action to regain access.
What part of speech is lock screen?
Lock screen is a noun.
What is the plural of lock screen?
The plural of lock screen is lock screens.

Words near lock screen in the dictionary

  1. lock picked
  2. lock picking
  3. lock picks
  4. lock ring
  5. lock rings
  6. lock screen
  7. lock screens
  8. lock someone up and throw away the key
  9. lock step
  10. lock stitch
  11. lock stitches

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