"silver screen" meaning in English

See silver screen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-silver screen.ogg Forms: silver screens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} silver screen (plural silver screens)
  1. A cinema screen onto which movies are projected. Categories (topical): Film Synonyms: big screen, silver sheet Translations (cinema screen): pinilakang tabil (Cebuano), 銀幕 (Chinese Mandarin), 银幕 (yínmù) (Chinese Mandarin), hvidt lærred [neuter] (Danish), valkokangas (Finnish), Filmleinwand [feminine] (German), Kinoleinwand [feminine] (German), srebrny ekran (Polish), srebrny ekran [masculine] (Polish), голубой экран (goluboj ekran) [masculine] (Russian), bioskärm [common-gender] (Swedish), filmskärm [common-gender] (Swedish), bioduk [common-gender] (Swedish), filmduk [common-gender] (Swedish), pinalakang-tabing (Tagalog), màn bạc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-silver_screen-en-noun-ZqwAvUcI Disambiguation of Film: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'cinema screen': 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) By extension, movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema. Tags: idiomatic Translations (by extension, movies): pinilakang tabil (Cebuano), 銀幕 (Chinese Mandarin), 银幕 (yínmù) (Chinese Mandarin), valkokangas (Finnish), septième art [masculine] (French), grand écran [masculine] (French), srebrny ekran [masculine] (Polish), duży ekran [masculine] (Polish), wielki ekran [masculine] (Polish), gran pantalla [feminine] (Spanish), séptimo arte [masculine] (Spanish), màn bạc (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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