movie projector
nounUK /ˈmuːvi prəˈdʒektə/
US /ˈmuːvi prəˈdʒektər/
A machine that shows movies on a big screen.
We watched cartoons on the wall with Grandpa's old movie projector.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A device used in classrooms to show educational films.
The teacher set up the movie projector for our science film.
3. An old-fashioned machine that shines light through film to make moving pictures.
The museum has a movie projector from the 1920s on display.
4. Equipment used at outdoor movie nights to project a film onto a large screen.
They rented a movie projector for the backyard movie night.