screengrab

Frozen monitor image

A screengrab is a static image captured from a computer, phone, or television screen—also called a screenshot or screen capture.

The term emphasizes the act of grabbing what's visible at a particular moment: I took a screengrab of the error message before it disappeared.

As a verb, to screengrab is to capture such an image.

capture

snip

Small quick cut

select · copy · save · archive · document · preserve · export · crop · paste · extract

visual

image

Visual or mental likeness

frame · graphic · depiction · preview · view · scene · portrait · rendering · illustration · icon

evidence

proof

Demonstration of truth

record · timestamp · watermark · metadata · authentic · unedited · incriminating · receipt · conversation · chat log

digital

pixel

Smallest display unit

interface · format · compression · file · PNG · JPEG · bitmap · toolbar · cursor · desktop

Opposites
temporal capture mode

screengrabscreen recording

Captured display video

video capture · screencast · video · recording · motion capture

capture vs. live content

screengrablive feed

Real-time video transmission

live stream · livestream · live view · live broadcast

Family

screengrabs, screengrabbing, screengrabbed

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G