small screen

noun

: television

Examples of small screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In England, though, the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith or Glenda Jackson had always navigated effortlessly between the big and small screen and the stage. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Two pesky black bars flank the viewing experience on an already small screen. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026

Two rising progeny of big names sharing space on a call sheet would be surreal enough, but the series that small screen impresario Ryan Murphy adapted from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis goes one step further. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026

The rear seat shows a small screen between the two rear seats but none on the rear seat backs, indicating screens are there for function and comfort more than entertainment. — Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for small screen

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between
• bromine