wide-screen

[ wahyd-skreen ]

adjective

1. of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wide-screen¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

There was a liquor cabinet, a refrigerator with ice-making, a wide-screen TV, and a nap-sized couch.

From The Daily Beast

Here Leander slammed in through the wide screen door which opened from the piazza into the hall.

From Project Gutenberg

Early on Thursday morning they marched out, the cavalry forming a wide screen, behind which were the mounted infantry and guns.

From Project Gutenberg

A tall wide screen placed a few feet out from the wall hid something bulky from view.

From Project Gutenberg