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superscreen

superscreen noun: a very large screen for showing films, sports events, etc.

Noun

superscreen (plural superscreens)

  1. A very large screen for showing films, sports events, etc.
    • That night they went to a superscreen movie.1971, Ronal G Poland, Nancy D Sanford, Adjustment psychology: a human value approach
    • Attempting to win back the lost audiences who defected to the 21-inch screen, Hollywood held up the carrot of the superscreens of Cinerama and CinemaScope.1977, John Francis Kreidl, Nicholas Ray

Examples of superscreen in a sentence

  • ...a dramatic technical innovation: the curtains on stage rolling back to reveal a superscreen more than twice as large as the standard 12 x 18.1981, Budd Schulberg, Moving pictures, memories of a Hollywood prince:
  • ...a motion simulator ride based thematically on the movie RoboCop; a 360-degree cinema experience cum disco; and a superscreen theater.1995, Urban Land Institute, Reinventing real estate:

Forms of superscreen

pluralsuperscreens

Origin of superscreen

From super- + screen.

Questions about superscreen

What does superscreen mean?
Superscreen means a very large screen for showing films, sports events, etc.
How do you use superscreen in a sentence?
...a dramatic technical innovation: the curtains on stage rolling back to reveal a superscreen more than twice as large as the standard 12 x 18.
What part of speech is superscreen?
Superscreen is a noun.
What is the plural of superscreen?
The plural of superscreen is superscreens.

Words near superscreen in the dictionary

  1. superscientific
  2. superscope
  3. superscopes
  4. superscout
  5. superscouts
  6. superscreen
  7. superscreens
  8. superscribe
  9. superscribed
  10. superscribes
  11. superscribing

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