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.

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Origin of silver screen

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby silver screen

silver perch, silver plate, silverpoint, silver poplar, silver salmon, silver screen, silver service, silverside, silversmith, silver spoon, silver-spooned

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How to use silver screen in a sentence

His renaissance on the silver screen is well-earned, considering that the actor has devoted himself to entertaining audiences, appearing in nearly 100 titles across his career.
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Despite boasting resolutions that silver screens provide, most of the TVs in the market today lack in the sound department in exchange for thinner frames.
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Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
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On Christmas weekend, a North Korean tyrant has decided what American teenagers will see on the silver screen.
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The compilation also brought the Nazi-riffic Apt Pupil and leach-tastic The Body (aka Stand By Me) to the silver screen.
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It just, recently, has stopped being scripted on the silver screen.
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His pulpy brand of crime fiction will live on not only in paperback form, but also on the silver screen.
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A small movie projector began to purr; a bright rectangle was thrown upon the silver screen and then, Lee stirred.
The Brain|Alexander Blade
Acknowledged by producers, directors, film stars and the public alike as an authority on the silver screen art.
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Across its silver screen there passed a long procession of pictures.
The Red Lure|Roy J. Snell
And on a far wall, facing them all, hung a silver screen, fifty feet square.
The Valley|Richard Stockham
What was unrolled on the silver screen were chapters from Lee's own life.
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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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silver screen

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