screen

noun [C] (SEPARATING)

/skriːn/

Definition

› a vertical structure that is used to separate one area from another, especially to hide something or to protect you from something unpleasant or dangerous: The nurse pulled a screen around the bed so that the doctor could examine the patient in private. A screen of trees at the bottom of the garden hid the ugly factory walls.Isolating and separating › mainly US an activity that is not dangerous or illegal but is used to hide something that is: That café's just a screen for their criminal activities.Hiding and disguising

(Definition of screen noun (SEPARATING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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