window screen

See also: windowscreen

English

Alternative forms

windowscreen

Noun

window screen (plural window screens)

A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

screen window
screen door

Translations

mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window

Catalan: mosquitera f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紗窗／纱窗 (zh) (shāchuāng)
Dutch: hor (nl), vliegenraam (nl)
Finnish: hyttysverkko (fi)
German: Fenstergitter n, Fliegenschutzgitter n, Fliegengitter (de) n
Japanese: 網戸 (amido)
Portuguese: tela de janela f, tela mosquiteiro f, mosquiteiro m, cortinado (pt) m
Russian: моски́тная се́тка f (moskítnaja sétka)
Spanish: rejilla (es) f, mosquitero (es) m, alambrera (es) f, anjeo m (Colombia)
Swedish: myggfönster n

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