Windshield meaning

wĭnd'shēld'
A shield placed to protect an object from the wind.
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A pane of usually curved glass or other transparent shielding mounted in front of the occupants of a vehicle to protect them from the wind.
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In automobiles, trucks, speedboats, motorcycles, etc., a curved or flat transparent screen, as of glass, in front, that protects the riders from wind, etc.
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(North America) A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind and weather.

The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.

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Sentence Examples

  • A soggy parking ticket was spread over his windshield by the first sweep of the wipers.

  • Now, six months later, in spite of the windshield pockmarked from the gravel roads of Ouray County, it felt like an old friend.

  • "They can't get far with a smashed windshield," he said to Fred as he plopped down in a booth to catch his breath before the police arrived.

  • Westlake plugged forward, his nose nearly at the windshield, which was spider-webbed with nicks and cracks, as the old car crawled higher.

  • Most of the ride to the Allentown airport was made in silence, save the swish-swish of the windshield wipers.

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