Definition of Screen door

1. Noun. A door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door. "He heard the screen slam as she left"

Exact synonyms: Screen
Generic synonyms: Door
Terms within: Screen
Derivative terms: Screen

Definition of Screen door

1. Noun. (American English) A light door of mesh, outside of another door, used to prevent ingress by insects. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screen Door

screeds
screelike
screen
screen-film contact
screen actor
screen background
screen capture
screen captures
screen defense
screen door (current term)
screen font
screen memory
screen motion capture
screen name
screen off
screen out
screen printing
screen reader
screen saver
screen savers
screen test
screen time
screen wall

Literary usage of Screen door

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"SCREEN-DOOR HARDWARE. Screen-doors to be effective, must be provided with ... Where a screen-door is to be in almost constant use, it is best to use a good ..."

2. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1914)
"Opening screen door as Breaking.—That the opening of a screen door or window is ... Thus, where the entrance to a store is protected only by a screen door, ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1915)
"The plaintiff testified that when the defendant came to deliver the ice the screen door was closed and the kitchen or inner door was open; that she "had ..."

4. The Book of Detroiters;. by Albert Nelson Marquis (1914)
"After leaving school spent one year in employ of Citizens Savings Bank, Detroit; since with Huebner screen door Co., of which has been secretary since 1900. ..."

5. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference by American Technical Society (1917)
"K is the screen door for which a rabbet is cut in the outside edge of the frame. A similar arrangement is shown in Fig. 341. There is no rabbet cut in the ..."

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