big screen
big screen
nounDefinition of BIG SCREEN
: the motion picture medium often as contrasted to television <a story adapted for the big screen>
— big–screen adjective
See Examples of BIG SCREEN
- <many a television star has failed to make it on the big screen>
First Known Use of BIG SCREEN
1969
Related to BIG SCREEN
Synonyms: movie, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, moviemaking, pictures, screen, silver screen
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