homescreen

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noun

The main or first interface shown in a graphical user interface.

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Meanings

nounhomescreen (plural homescreens)

plural homescreens · alternative home screen

  1. computingThe main or first interface shown in a graphical user interface.

    Gary Bettman pulls his iPhone, with its homescreen picture of his grandchildren, from his pocket and dials up Colin Campbell, the league's director of hockey operations...

    2012, Jonathon Gatehouse, The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the NHL and Changed the Game Forever, page 154

Origin

From home + screen.

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Translations

French écran d’accueil
  • écran d’accueilmain interface
German Startbildschirm, Homescreen
  • Startbildschirmmain interface
  • Homescreenmain interface
Cite this entry
APA

homescreen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homescreen

MLA

“homescreen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homescreen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homescreen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homescreen.

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