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windshield

wind·shield
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wind-sheeld, win-]
    • /ˈwɪndˌʃild, ˈwɪn-/
    • /ˈwɪnd.skriːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wind-sheeld, win-]
    • /ˈwɪndˌʃild, ˈwɪn-/

Definitions of windshield word

  • noun windshield a shield of glass, in one or more sections, projecting above and across the dashboard of an automobile. 1
  • noun windshield A window at the front of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. 1
  • noun windshield vehicle's front window 1
  • countable noun windshield The windshield of a car or other vehicle is the glass window at the front through which the driver looks. 0
  • noun windshield the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window 0
  • noun windshield an object designed to shield something from the wind 0
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Origin of windshield

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; wind1 + shield

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Windshield

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Windshield

windshield popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • windshield wiper

    an electrically or pneumatically operated device consisting of a squeegee connected to a mechanical arm designed to wipe off rain, snow, etc., from a windshield or rear window.

  • blade

    The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.

  • cowl

    A cowl is a large loose hood covering a person's head, or their head and shoulders. Cowls are worn especially by monks.

  • defrost

    When you defrost frozen food or when it defrosts, you allow or cause it to become unfrozen so that you can eat it or cook it.

  • defroster

    a device by which the de-icing process of a refrigerator is accelerated, usually by circulating the refrigerant without the expansion process

  • impact

    the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
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