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screensavers

screensavers is the plural of screensaver.

Meaning of screensaver

Noun

screensaver (plural screensavers)

  1. A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn.
    • I configured my screensaver to appear after only two minutes, because I enjoyed watching it so much.
  2. (proscribed) The background picture of a computer, smartphone, or similar mobile device.
    • But she changed her screensaver, which was a photo of Julian eating scrambled eggs—he was smiling, holding his fork away from himself, as if he were waving the eggs at her—and replaced it with a photo of Olivia, looking up from her desk […]2008, Joshua Henkin, Matrimony, Vintage, →ISBN, page 163

Questions about screensavers

What is screensavers the plural of?
Screensavers is the plural of screensaver.

Words near screensavers in the dictionary

  1. screens off
  2. screens out
  3. screens passage
  4. screens passages
  5. screensaver
  6. screensavers
  7. screensavery
  8. screenscape
  9. screenscapes
  10. screenscrape
  11. screenscraped

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