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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
screen door
noun
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▪ A large figure stood behind the screen door, a silhouette in front of the glow of living-room light.
▪ Back at the house I found a note had been folded into the handle of the screen door.
▪ He poured himself a double whiskey and stood looking at a fly on the front screen door.
▪ He rattled the screen door and pounded as hard as he could.
▪ He saluted her, went through the screen door, vaulted the balustrade protecting the steps, and swaggered down the garden.
▪ Suddenly Cybil Ackerman appeared at the screen door.
▪ That was as far as the conversation went, for I decided to end it by pushing open the screen door.
▪ The back screen door slammed and a second later her son Hank padded silently into the kitchen.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Screen door

Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran, F. ['e]cran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen, OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.]

  1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

    Your leavy screens throw down.
    --Shak.

    Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.
    --Bacon.

  2. (Arch.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

  3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

  4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

  5. (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

  6. a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.

    Screen door, a door of which half or more is composed of a screen.

    Screen window, a screen inside a frame, fitted for insertion into a window frame.

  7. The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays.

  8. The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. ``A star of stage and screen.''

Wiktionary
screen door

n. (context US English) A light door of mesh, outside of another door, used to prevent ingress by insects.

WordNet
screen door

n. a door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left" [syn: screen]

Wikipedia
Screen Door

Screen Door (formerly Tapestry Pictures Inc.) is a Canadian independent production company founded in 1999 by Mary Young Leckie and Heather Haldane. The company produces film and television.

Screen Door is a Toronto-based independent production company specializing in dramatic films and mini-series.

Formed in 1999 by producers Heather Haldane and Mary Young Leckie, the company is the outcome of a long-standing professional relationship that began with their producing the feature film, WHERE THE SPIRIT LIVES.

The company's films have been shown worldwide by CBC Television, CTV, The Movie Network, Showcase, Hallmark, PBS, Canal+ and the BBC. Distributors for Screen Door's films have included Alliance Atlantis, Seville, Power, Marvista, and Oasis.

Screen door (disambiguation)

Screen door may refer to:

  • screen door, a type of door
  • Screen Door, a Canadian independent production company
  • Screen Door (restaurant), a Southern and soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon
  • Screen door effect, a fixed-pattern noise (FPN) or a visual artifact of certain digital video projectors and CRT televisions
  • Platform screen doors in rail stations
Screen Door (restaurant)

Screen Door is a popular Southern and soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.