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windshield Definition

☆ wind·shield (-s̸hēld′)

noun

in automobiles, trucks, speedboats, motorcycles, etc., a curved or flat transparent screen, as of glass, in front, that protects the riders from wind, etc.

windshield Synonyms

windshield

n.

windscreen (British), protection against the wind, wrap-around; see shield.

windshield Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • car: Through the windshield of the car, we saw a cherry red object five or six miles away heading toward us.
  • airliner: Scientists at a famous UK aircraft manufacturer built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets.

Converse of object

  • have: You got a ticket because your car HAS a windshield to attach the ticket to.
  • hit: A few fat raindrops hit the windshield and Polly knew she should get out.
  • include: The StreetPilot i3 includes a compact vehicle windshield mount that allows for easy transfer between vehicles.
  • chrome: Powder coated red - chromed windshield, hubcaps, steering wheel and bell bonnet ornament - wooden ladders & real flashing red light.
  • crack: Somewhere along this highway I got a cracked windshield, for which Hertz charged me about $ 150.

Adjective modifier

  • adjustable: The adjustable windshield provides good protection even at high, motorway speeds.
  • large: The new, larger windshield offers improved protection off-road and at speed on the motorway.
  • front: The same sort of effect explains why an automobile's front windshield will get plastered with insects while the rear windshield stays clean.
  • high: The high windshield with hand covers offers total protection even in winter.
  • rear: The same sort of effect explains why an automobile's front windshield will get plastered with insects while the rear windshield stays clean.
  • small: Also standard is the small speedster windshield and twin foglamps.

Modifies a noun

  • wiper: She pulled out of the parking lot, the windshield wipers beating sheets of water off the glass.
  • washer: Starting with the '68 model, MGBs had the horn push on the left stalk and the windshield washer push on the right stalk.
  • fluid: A typical maintenance checkup for the EV1 consisted of replenishing the windshield washer fluid and a tire rotation.
  • replacement: Get an auto glass repair quote or windshield replacement quote from SC Auto Glass, auto glass repair.. .
  • pillar: The windshield pillars may or may not be covered.
  • repair: Want to find an insurance company that will PAY for windshield repairs?

Noun used with modifier

  • chrome: Features include black padded seat, chrome steering wheel, chrome windshield, chrome bonnet ornament and chrome portholes.
windshield Quotes

The thing depicted is less stationary, even the object in itself is less discernible than it used to be. A landscape broken into and traversed in a car or an express train losesindescriptivevaluebut gainsinsynthetic value; the window of the railroad carriage or the windshield of the car, combined withthespeed at whichyou aretraveling, have changed the familiar look of things. Modern man registers one hundred times more impressions than did an eighteenth century artist.

—Le¤  ger, Fernand