to partition a room with a screen

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• screen — ► NOUN 1) an upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter, or provide concealment. 2) something that provides shelter or concealment. 3) the surface of a cathode ray tube or similar electronic device, especially that of a television, VDU …   English terms dictionary

• partition — par|ti|tion1 [ par tıʃn ] noun 1. ) count a wall, screen, or piece of glass used to separate one area from another in a room or vehicle 2. ) uncount the process of dividing a country into two or more separate countries: the partition of the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• partition off — verb divide into parts, pieces, or sections The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British • Syn: ↑partition • Derivationally related forms: ↑partitionist (for: ↑partition), ↑partition ( …   Useful english dictionary

• screen — noun 1》 an upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter, or provide concealment.     ↘a windscreen of a motor vehicle.     ↘a frame with fine wire netting used to keep out flying insects. 2》 the surface of a cathode ray tube or similar… …   English new terms dictionary

• partition — par‧ti‧tion [pɑːˈtɪʆn ǁ pər , pɑːr ] noun [countable] 1. a thin wall that divides one part of a large room from another, for example in an open plan office: • glass partitions 2. COMPUTING one of the parts that a computer’s memory, such as a… …   Financial and business terms

• partition — I UK [pɑː(r)ˈtɪʃ(ə)n] / US [pɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms partition : singular partition plural partitions 1) [countable] a wall, screen, or piece of glass used to separate one area from another in a room or vehicle 2) [uncountable] the process of …   English dictionary

• screen — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on a TV, computer, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big, giant, huge, large ▪ small, tiny ▪ blank …   Collocations dictionary

• screen — 1. noun 1) he dressed hurriedly behind the screen Syn: partition, (room) divider 2) a computer with a 15 inch screen Syn: display, monitor, video display terminal, VDT, cathode ray tube, CRT 3) the screen keeps out mo …   Thesaurus of popular words

• partition — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, alienation, allotment, apportion, apportioning, apportionment, area, barrier, bisector, booth, boundary, brattice, breaking up, budgeting, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, carve, carve up, cell,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• partition something off — parˌtition sthˈoff derived to separate one area, one part of a room, etc. from another with a wall or screen Main entry: ↑partitionderived …   Useful english dictionary

• screener — screen ► NOUN 1) an upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter, or provide concealment. 2) something that provides shelter or concealment. 3) the surface of a cathode ray tube or similar electronic device, especially that of a… …   English terms dictionary