home screen

noun

1. television.

Word History and Origins

Origin of home screen¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

TiVo looked ahead to a future of striking lucrative deals with the networks and selling advertisers space on its home screen.

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The criminals had taken the relatively professional conversation out of the safety of my chat app to my phone home screen.

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Occasionally Phillip glances down at his smart watch - the home screen showing the ever-changing squiggly line of bitcoin's dollar value.

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He looked at his phone’s home screen to check the time.

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Most recently, I installed a screen-time widget on my home screen.

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