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screenings

The correct spelling is screenings.

How to pronounce screenings

noun

Say it like: Scr-een-ing-s

The correct spelling is screenings. Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door"). For example: "I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts."

Usage Examples

I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.

The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
  2. 2.The process of checking or filtering.
  3. 3.The showing of a film
  4. 4.The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
  5. 5.(in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

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