Meanings
plural big screens
- The large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.
You should watch Star Wars on the big screen for the full effect.
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He also became a big screen star. The 2014 film Paddington included scenes shot within his namesake terminus, [...].
2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74 - broadlyidiomaticMovies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
Stars of the stage and the big screen gathered for the awards ceremony.
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Jane Smith made her big-screen debut in 2005, appearing as a librarian in a Hollywood crime thriller.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 大銀幕 /大银幕
- 大銀幕 /大银幕 (dàyínmù)surface
Danish storskærm
- storskærmsurface
Dutch grote scherm
- grote schermsurface
Finnish laajakangas
- laajakangassurface
French grand écran
- grand écransurface
German Kinoleinwand, Filmleinwand
- Kinoleinwandsurface
- Filmleinwandsurface
Greek μεγάλη οθόνη
- μεγάλη οθόνη (megáli othóni)surface
Hebrew המסך הגדול
- המסך הגדול (hamasakh hagadol)surface
Italian grande schermo
- grande schermosurface
Polish wielki ekran
- wielki ekransurface
Portuguese telão, telona
- telãosurface
- telonasurface
Russian большо́й экра́н
- большо́й экра́н (bolʹšój ekrán)surface
Spanish gran pantalla, pantalla grande
- gran pantallasurface
- pantalla grandesurface
Swedish bioduk, filmduk
- bioduksurface
- filmduksurface
- filmskärmsurface
- bioskärmsurface
- vita dukenby extension, movies
Turkish büyük ekran
- büyük ekransurface
Cite this entry
big screen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20screen
“big screen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20screen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “big screen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20screen.
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