Screen

What “Screen” means

Noun

1. A physical barrier that shelters or hides.
2. A physical barrier that shelters or hides.
3. A physical barrier that shelters or hides.
4. A physical barrier that shelters or hides.
5. A physical barrier that shelters or hides.

Verb

1. To filter by passing through a screen.
2. To filter.
3. To shelter or conceal.
4. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
5. To present publicly (on the screen).

Where the word comes from

From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.

Business name ideas with “Screen”

Industries where “Screen” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Phone Repair Shop
• Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)
• Commercial Screen Printing
• Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance