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English
Noun
window screen (plural window screens)
- A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow.
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mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
- Catalan: mosquitera f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 紗窗 / 纱窗 (zh) (shāchuāng)
- Dutch: hor (nl), vliegenraam (nl)
- Finnish: hyttysverkko (fi)
- German: Fenstergitter n, Fliegenschutzgitter n, Fliegengitter (de) n
- Japanese: 網戸 (ja) (amido)
- Polish: moskitiera (pl) f, moskitiera okienna f
- Portuguese: tela de janela f, tela mosquiteiro f, mosquiteiro m, cortinado (pt) m
- Russian: моски́тная се́тка f (moskítnaja sétka)
- Spanish: rejilla (es) f, mosquitero (es) m, alambrera (es) f, anjeo m (Colombia)
- Swedish: myggfönster n, (possibly region-dependent) myggnät (sv) n
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