"meatscreen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meatscreens [plural]
Etymology: meat + screen Etymology templates: {{com|en|meat|screen}} meat + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} meatscreen (plural meatscreens)
  1. (obsolete) A heat-reflecting screen that is used to roast or cook meat. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-meatscreen-en-noun-7FYtNJQD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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