silver screen
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Pronunciation
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Noun
silver screen (plural silver screens)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?)(historical) An early type of cinema screen which had a coating of silver or another shiny metal.
- Any cinema screen onto which films are projected.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
- Stars of the stage and the silver screen gathered for the awards ceremony.
- 1984, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, “Careless Whisper”:
- As the music dies, something in your eyes / Calls to mind a silver screen and all its sad goodbyes
Usage notes
Often in the phrase on the silver screen, used identically to big screen.
Synonyms
- big screen
- silver sheet (dated)
Translations
cinema screen
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by extension, movies
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