small screen

noun

: television

Examples of small screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

The queen of beach reads opened up about her inspiration for The Five-Star Weekend, the beloved novel set in Nantucket that recently made its small screen debut, on a July 15 episode of Jenna Bush Hager’s Open Book podcast. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

She was featured in the adaptation of the best-selling Stephen King horror novel Needful Things in 1993, and continued to appear in movies on both the big and small screen throughout the ‘90s. — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

We are told the TV version will be more expansive, with Congolese-British writer Lombe set to adapt the play herself, her debut small screen project. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 June 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