big screen

noun

Definition of BIG SCREEN

: the motion-picture medium often as contrasted to television <a story adapted for the big screen>

— big–screen adjective

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1914

Synonyms: movie, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, moviemaking, pictures, screen, silver screen

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