flat screen

noun

1. a type of thin, lightweight video display that uses liquid crystals or electroluminescence to reflect images.

Other Words From

• flat-screen adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flat screen¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

A large flat screen on the wall of the Munich offices of the Mobility House, a firm whose investors include Mercedes-Benz and Renault, illustrates one way that carmakers could profit while helping to stabilize the grid.

From New York Times

Hernandez wasn’t even sure he had won until seeing the replay and keeping his eyes glued to the flat screen that showed the continuous loop.

From Seattle Times

“You just see so much more than you normally see on a flat screen. It’s the whole presence of things and the aura that things have.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mixing drinks and clearing tables at a hotel bar along the state's coast, the 52-year-old lifelong Maine resident saw a bright, red banner flashing across the flat screen TV hanging above the bar.

From BBC

Navarro stood Wednesday outside a discount grocery and household goods store near the hotel zone, as hundreds of people wrestled everything from packs of hot dogs and toilet paper to flat screen TVs out of the muddy store, struggling to push loaded metal shopping carts onto the mud-choked streets outside.

From Washington Times