screener

screen·er
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UK/ˈskɹiːnəː/UK[ˈskɹʷɪi̯nəː]US/ˈskɹinɚ/US[ˈskɹʷɪi̯nɚ] ~ [ˈskɹʷɪi̯nɹ̩]

noun

A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounscreener (plural screeners)

plural screeners

  1. One who, or that which, screens.
    1. historicalbusinessA person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.

      Synonyms: screenman, screensman

    2. A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic.
  2. An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
  3. in compoundsA cinema having the specified number of screens.

    Movie buffs can indulge themselves at the Hollywood Cinema, a two screener showing second-run films at reduced prices, 5916 Hamilton Avenue.

    1983, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 16, number 6
  4. ball gamesA player setting a screen for a teammate in an offensive sequence.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.

Origin

Translations

Finnish tarkastaja
  • tarkastajaone who screens

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

screener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screener

MLA

“screener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screener. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screener,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screener.

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