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

It will be sort of like having one of those digital photo frames, except instead of family and friends on a small, flat screen, who-knows-what will appear in 3D and larger than life.

From Singularity Hub 

This stand can hold up to 64-inch flat screen televisions, it has a center drawer as well as two side shelves with slatted sliding doors.

From Popular-Science

Another sent back a flat-screen television with a bona fide tombstone within.

From The Daily Beast

Why sell a flat-screen television to a man, after all, when you can rent one to a woman for a decade?

From The Daily Beast

Desperate to stand out, some megachurches are baiting Easter crowds with flat-screen TVs, iPads, and Starbucks gift cards.

From The Daily Beast

“Shop just like you shop for an airline ticket or a flat-screen TV,” Obama said.

From The Daily Beast

In her bedroom, a large flat-screen television sits on a worn bureau.

From The Daily Beast

It will be the cause of greater tales before the end is seen, for you can't portray the realities of romance upon a flat screen.

From Project Gutenberg

The flat screen is somewhat different in construction, but the principle of separation is the same.

From Project Gutenberg

It looks not like a flat screen, but like a huge black ball, as it really is.

From Project Gutenberg