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screener

Syllables: screen·erUK/ˈskɹiːnəː/US/ˈskɹinɚ/

screener noun: a person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.

Noun

screener (plural screeners)

  1. (historical) A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.
  2. A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic.
  3. An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
  4. (in-compounds) A cinema having the specified number of screens.
    • Movie buffs can indulge themselves at the Hollywood Cinema, a two screener showing second-run films at reduced prices, 5916 Hamilton Avenue.1983, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 16, number 6
  5. A player setting a screen for a teammate in an offensive sequence.

Synonyms of screener

Forms of screener

pluralscreeners

Origin of screener

From screen + -er.

Words that rhyme with screener

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Questions about screener

What does screener mean?
Screener means a person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.
What part of speech is screener?
Screener is a noun.
How do you pronounce screener?
Screener is pronounced /ˈskɹiːnəː/ (UK).
What is the plural of screener?
The plural of screener is screeners.

Words near screener in the dictionary

  1. screened in
  2. screened off
  3. screened out
  4. screenee
  5. screenees
  6. screener
  7. screeners
  8. screenful
  9. screenfuls
  10. screengrab
  11. screengrabbed

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