Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
touch screen
  1. a visual display unit screen that allows the user to give commands to the computer by touching parts of the screen instead of using the keyboard
  2. (as modifier): a touch-screen computer
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
touch•screen or touch screen /ˈtʌtʃˌskrin/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Computinga computer display that can respond to the location of a finger on its surface.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
touch•screen  (tuch′skrēn′),USA pronunciation n. [Computers.]
  1. Computinga touch-sensitive display screen: touching different portions of the screen with a finger will cause the computer to take actions determined by a program.
Also, touch′ screen′.
  • touch + screen 1970–75

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