"window screen" meaning in English

See window screen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: window screens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} window screen (plural window screens)
  1. A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow. Wikipedia link: window screen Synonyms: bug screen, fly screen, flyscreen, insect screen, windowscreen Coordinate_terms: screen window, screen door Translations (mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window): mosquitera [feminine] (Catalan), 紗窗 (Chinese Mandarin), 纱窗 (shāchuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), hor (Dutch), vliegenraam (Dutch), hyttysverkko (Finnish), Fenstergitter [neuter] (German), Fliegenschutzgitter [neuter] (German), Fliegengitter [neuter] (German), 網戸 (amido) (Japanese), tela de janela [feminine] (Portuguese), tela mosquiteiro [feminine] (Portuguese), mosquiteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), cortinado [masculine] (Portuguese), моски́тная се́тка (moskítnaja sétka) [feminine] (Russian), rejilla [feminine] (Spanish), mosquitero [masculine] (Spanish), alambrera [feminine] (Spanish), anjeo [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish), myggfönster [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-window_screen-en-noun-2phvJQsm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
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      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
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      ],
      "word": "tela de janela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tela mosquiteiro"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mosquiteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cortinado"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moskítnaja sétka",
      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "моски́тная се́тка"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rejilla"
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      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
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      "word": "mosquitero"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "alambrera"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anjeo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window",
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