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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: screen
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
mosquitera
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Chinese Mandarin:
紗窗 /纱窗
(shāchuāng)
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Dutch:
hor
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Dutch:
vliegenraam
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Finnish:
hyttysverkko
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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German:
Fenstergitter
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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German:
Fliegenschutzgitter
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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German:
Fliegengitter
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Japanese:
網戸
(amido)
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Korean:
방충망
(bangchungmang)
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Polish:
moskitiera
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Polish:
moskitiera okienna
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Portuguese:
tela de janela
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Portuguese:
tela mosquiteiro
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Portuguese:
mosquiteiro
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Portuguese:
cortinado
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Russian:
моски́тная се́тка
(moskítnaja sétka)
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Spanish:
rejilla
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Spanish:
mosquitero
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Spanish:
alambrera
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Spanish:
anjeo
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Swedish:
myggfönster
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
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Swedish:
myggnät
— mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window
