touch screen

noun

ˈtəch-ˌskrēn 

variants or touchscreen

: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen

Examples of touch screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The touch screen is a nice, well, touch, offering additional ways to interact with your laptop like swiping and tapping. —Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025

This adorable on-sale set comes in lots of great colors and the gloves are compatible with touch screens. —Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025

Spanning the dashboard are a driver display, a central touch screen, a passenger screen and a lower climate control screen. —Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

With leather seating for seven or eight passengers, power seats, and every convenience—including third row seats that can be raised or lowered with a button on the front touch screen—the Escalade is luxury at its finest. —Scotty Reiss, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for touch screen

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• amine
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between

Kids Definition

touch screen

noun

: a display screen (as for a computer) on which the user selects options by touching the screen