wire screen

collocation in English

meaningsofwireandscreen

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wire
noun
uk
/waɪər/us
/waɪr/
a piece of thin metal thread that can be bent, used for fastening things and for making particular types of objects that are strong but ...
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screen
noun[C]
uk
/skriːn/us
/skriːn/
a flat surface in a cinema, on a television, or as part of a computer, on which pictures or words ...
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(Definition ofwireandscreenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once all the bets have been placed the attendant closes the betting board with awirescreenand then puts the dice through the chute.
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In order to protect some trees, park staff have wrapped the tree trunks withwirescreenin some areas.
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The reflector may be a metal sheet or more commonly awirescreen.
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Another benefit that helped the throughput increase is that hybrid self-cleaning screen media offered a better open area percentage than wovenwirescreenmedia.
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Concrete and foam plastic domes generally start with a steel framework dome, wrapped with chicken wire andwirescreenfor reinforcement.
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Bakelite resin compounded withwirescreenand linen.
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Rijke introduced this phenomenon into a greater scale by using a heatedwirescreento induce strong oscillations in a tube.
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Its industries included the spinning, weaving and bleaching of cotton, wire-drawing, metal-founding, the manufacture of hosiery, woodwork of various kinds (toleware), machinery, iron goods andwirescreen.
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All dogs were housed in concrete floored pens with wire screens dividing pens to allow contact.
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Apples were placed on wire screens which were suspended over plastic trays to receive the descending larvae.
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It used a combination of awirescreenand small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously removed the loose cotton lint to prevent jams.
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A holder in front of the lens can hold a colored plastic film ("gel") to tint the light or wire screens or frosted plastic to diffuse it.
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