window screen

See also: windowscreen

English

Alternative forms

• windowscreen

Noun

window screen (plural window screens)

1. A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow.

Synonyms

• bug screen
• fly screen
• flyscreen
• insect screen

Coordinate terms

• screen window
• screen door

Translations

mesh set in a frame and covering the opening of a window

• Catalan: mosquitera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紗窗／纱窗 (zh) (shāchuāng)

• Dutch: hor (nl), vliegenraam (nl)
• Finnish: hyttysverkko (fi)
• German: Fenstergitter n, Fliegenschutzgitter n, Fliegengitter (de) n
• Japanese: 網戸 (ja) (amido)
• Polish: moskitiera (pl) f, moskitiera okienna f
• Portuguese: tela de janela f, tela mosquiteiro f, mosquiteiro m, cortinado (pt) m
• Russian: моски́тная се́тка f (moskítnaja sétka)
• Spanish: rejilla (es) f, mosquitero (es) m, alambrera (es) f, anjeo m (Colombia)
• Swedish: myggfönster n, (possibly region-dependent) myggnät (sv) n