silver screen
- noun
- /ˈsɪlvər skriːn/
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pantalla de proyección
- The theater's silver screen lit up as the audience settled in for the latest blockbuster.
Examples
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The screen had to be a silver screen.
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The Balboa has a silver screen that was flown up above the white screen.
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Watching a classic film on the silver screen evokes a sense of nostalgia for many movie lovers.
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As the lights dimmed, the image on the silver screen transported viewers to another world.
Synonyms
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1.0
A flat surface that shows images or videos
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7.8
A flat screen that shows images or video in a control room
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2.8
A large white surface on which a projector shows images or videos
A large screen that shows films or live events in public places
How Reflective
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'silver' + 'screen' — a screen that is silvered or pale metallic used for projecting motion pictures — so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer this literal sense. The secondary metonymic use for 'the movies' or 'film industry' follows predictably from that literal image, so the expression is transparent overall.
Etymology
Silver screen originally meant the actual screen in a cinema that had a reflective, silver-like coating to make the picture brighter. So the phrase can also mean the real 'screen' or surface where a movie is shown.