Definition

Noun: A window screen is a mesh panel designed to cover a window opening. Its primary function is to allow fresh air to enter a building while preventing insects, leaves, and other debris from coming inside.

Usage

A window screen is installed in a window frame. It is used when a window is open to provide ventilation without the nuisance of pests. - Please close the window screen before you open the window to keep the flies out. - We need to replace the old, torn window screen in the bedroom.

Advanced Usage

• "to have a window screen": To possess or have one installed.
  • All the apartments have window screens on the balcony doors.
• "to fit/install a window screen": To put a screen into a window frame.
  • I will fit a new window screen this weekend.

Variants and Related Words

• Screen door: A door fitted with a mesh screen for the same purpose as a window screen.
• Mesh: The material, typically made of wire, fiberglass, or plastic, that forms the permeable part of a screen.

Synonyms

• Insect screen: A more general term for any screen used to keep insects out.
• Fly screen: A common synonym, especially in British English.

Related Phrases

• "Behind the screen": Literally, located on the interior side of a window screen.
  • The cat sat behind the screen, watching the birds outside.

Noun

1. screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window