screen
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
Example
“a fire screen”
Other meanings
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Dutch "skirm".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “screen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.