silver screen
Americannoun
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motion pictures; the motion-picture industry.
a star of the silver screen.
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a special screen on which motion pictures are projected.
noun
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films collectively or the film industry
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the screen onto which films are projected
Etymology
Origin of silver screen
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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By the 2000s, some franchises offered games that fleshed out or complemented the worlds depicted on the silver screen.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Like many illustrious figures, the cowboy turns out to be a more nuanced individual than the often one-dimensional representations of the silver screen.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
For decades, the silver screen primarily featured women working in offices as secretaries or assistants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
What better way to make the afterlife slightly less terrifying than to see a version of it with our own eyes on the silver screen, whatever that interpretation might resemble.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025
Among them was a precocious and stunning young drama student named Frances Farmer, who less than two years later the rest of them would be watching on the silver screen.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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