Home › Words › F › forescreenforescreenforescreen means A screen placed in front of something.EtymologyFrom fore- + screen.nounA screen placed in front of something.e.g.“The third [predella] […] is less successful overall, but it continues at an early date the idea of a pilaster forescreen through which the viewer looks to see events behind.” — 1974, Susan Regan McKillop, Franciabigio, page 59:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.backscreen 66% match — A screen that is placed behind something (such as a projector) vs forescreen →bescreen 65% match — To cover with a screen, or as with a screen. vs forescreen →overscreen 59% match — To screen excessively vs forescreen →aeroscreen 59% match — A kind of transparent screen fixed in front of the cockpit, to protect the driver from flying debris. vs forescreen →unscreen 58% match — To reveal by removing a screen. vs forescreen →counterscreen 58% match — A screen (or screening), carried out in parallel to a primary screen, in which compounds that could interfere with the primary screen may be identified vs forescreen →screenee 58% match — One who undergoes screening. vs forescreen →rescreen 56% match — To screen again. vs forescreen →