"screener" meaning in English

See screener in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: screeners [plural]
Etymology: screen + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|screen|er}} screen + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} screener (plural screeners)
  1. One who, or that which, screens.
    (mining, historical) A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Mining, People Synonyms: screenman, screensman
    Sense id: en-screener-en-noun-yy-4Akk2 Disambiguation of People: 40 40 20 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 33 20 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 23 11 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 50 30 14 6 Topics: business, mining
  2. One who, or that which, screens.
    A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic.
    Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-screener-en-noun-XY-q1QTG Disambiguation of People: 40 40 20 0
  3. An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-screener-en-noun-uEJZdyaj Disambiguation of People: 40 40 20 0
  4. (in combination) A cinema having the specified number of screens. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-screener-en-noun-FpAeAK0z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (one who screens): tarkastaja (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'one who screens': 43 43 3 11

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for screener meaning in English (3.4kB)

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