silver screen

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noun

motion pictures; the motion-picture industry: a star of the silver screen.
a special screen on which motion pictures are projected.

Origin of silver screen

First recorded in 1915–20

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Related Words for silver screen

cinema, Hollywood, filmdom, moviedom

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Contemporary Examples of silver screen

From a crackhead to Sam Kinison to even Jon Stewart, Marlow Stern on the best bad apples in the bunch of silver-screen teachers.
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June 24, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for silver screen

silver screen

noun the silver screen informal

films collectively or the film industry
the screen onto which films are projected

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Word Origin and History for silver screen

1921, originally in reference to movie house projection screens colored with metallic paint to be more reflective. Transferred sense of "movies generally" is attested from 1924.