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wide-screen
[ wahyd-skreen ]
adjective
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wide-screen1
First recorded in 1950–55
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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.
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A tall wide screen placed a few feet out from the wall hid something bulky from view.
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