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silver screens

silver screens is the plural of silver screen.

Meaning of silver screen

Noun

silver screen (plural silver screens)

  1. (historical) An early type of cinema screen which had a coating of silver or another shiny metal.
    • The smooth silver screen is well suited to color reproduction for its metallic particles emphasize colors and increase brightness above the level of the matte white screen.1967, Herbert Scuorzo, The practical audio-visual handbook for teachers, West Nyack, NY: Parker, page 29
  2. Any cinema screen onto which films are projected.
  3. (broadly, idiomatic) Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
    • Stars of the stage and the silver screen gathered for the awards ceremony.

Questions about silver screens

What is silver screens the plural of?
Silver screens is the plural of silver screen.

Words near silver screens in the dictionary

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  2. silver salmon
  3. silver salmons
  4. silver sand
  5. silver screen
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  8. silver selenite
  9. silver service
  10. silver shade
  11. silver shark

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