Backing for a film? Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Backing for a film? crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on February 21 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Backing for a film? has a total of 6 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | SCREEN | Backing for a film? | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. |
| • | A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like. |
| • | A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. |
| • | A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. |
| • | To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. |
| • | To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Wall Street Journal: Feb 21, 2024
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