| screen pass | a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers |
| screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
smoke screen
smokescreen | an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure, requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures |
| active matrix screen | a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers, there is a separate circuit for each pixel |
background desktop
screen background | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
blind
screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
| cable | a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
cable cable television
cable system
cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
| cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
cable car
car | a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway, they took a cable car to the top of the mountain |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
coaxial cable
coax
coax cable | a transmission line for high-frequency signals |
computer screen
computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
| electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
| ethernet cable | any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets |
fiber optic cable
fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
fire screen
fireguard | a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) |
| ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
jumper cable
jumper lead
lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
light filter
diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
power line
power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
| printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
| rood screen | a screen in a church, separates the nave from the choir or chancel |
| screen | a protective covering consisting of netting, can be mounted in a frame, they put screens in the windows for protection against insects, a metal screen protected the observers |
screen cover covert
concealment | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something, a screen of trees afforded privacy, under cover of darkness, the brush provided a covert for game, the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background |
| screen | partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space |
| screen CRT screen | the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathodeay tube |
screen silver screen
projection screen | a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
screen door
screen | a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting, used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door, he heard the screen slam as she left |
| screen saver | (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time, screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long |
sieve
screen | a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
silkscreen
silk screen print
serigraph | a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil |
smoke screen
smokescreen | (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements |
touch screen
touchscreen | a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen |
tramway tram aerial tramway
cable tramway
ropeway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers |
| wide screen | a projection screen that is much wider than it is high |
| window screen | screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window |
| screen memory | an imagined memory of a childhood experience, hides another memory of distressing significance |
| silver screen | the film industry |
cable
cablegram
overseas telegram | a telegram sent abroad |
cable television
cable | television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver |
screen font
raster font | the font that is displayed on a computer screen, when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed |
filmdom
screenland
screen | the personnel of the film industry, a star of stage and screen |
screen actor
movie actor | an actor who plays a role in a film |
cable
cable length
cable's length | a nautical unit of depth |
screen off
separate off | partition by means of a divider, such as a screen, screen off this part of the room |
| screen | examine methodically, screen the suitcases |
cable
telegraph
wire | send cables, wires, or telegrams |
shield
screen | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |