windscreen
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈwɪndˌskrin/
- UK
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parabrisas
- After the storm, I noticed that the windscreen of my car had a large scratch from flying debris.
- windscreen wipers
- wraparound windscreen
- windscreen on the cockpit
The arrest team smash the windscreen, smash the side windows, drag them out.
- The arrest team smash the windscreen, smash the side windows, drag them out.
- I can see the capital building sort of through the dark front windscreen next to the Uber driver.
- And when it came back down, the windscreen of the plane had sort of a deposit on it.
- So I fired a shot in the the blue light, but I found I missed that and he went hit the top of the windscreen in the rubber surround.
- The camera's filming the dashboard, a little bit of the windscreen and the like, the heater and the vents and all that stuff.
- I've got this problem with my car which is that the windscreen, when it rains, it is causing this incredible smearing as the wipers go over it.
- Anyway, what had happened was a stone I had flicked up from the road and cracked my windscreen and it started off as just as a tiny little chip in the windscreen.
- lamps in dry conditions with windscreen washer fluid that created the slightest smear while it was doing it and then evaporated, mine doesn't evaporate.
- Yes, passenger door mirror, top ten in the windscreen, sunroof and the sunroof.
- If I had someone go behind me, I can smile it as I feel myself going through the windscreen in the cash crash.
Examples
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Outside the windscreen, the rain swept in almost solid sheets across the roadway.
Fiction book (1990) -
I did find a tiny piece of the windscreen glass, though.
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Just wash the windscreen, would you? - Yes, sir.
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Now I can see we need to buy a windscreen scraper.
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Disorientated and unable to see beyond his windscreen, he called Miami air traffic control for help.
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The rain lashed onto the windscreen, and the lights from his headlamps were reflected in the flooded road.
Fiction book (2002) -
Windscreen, bulletproof.
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A jagged outline had been conjured up on the windscreen, and the pilot adjusted it to overlap the island's contours.
Fiction book (2000) -
The cracked windscreen blocked my view while driving, so I had to replace it.
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Make sure to clean your windscreen before a long road trip to ensure clear visibility.
Synonyms
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2.1
A clear glass or plastic screen at the front of a car that protects passengers and lets the driver see
Compounds
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2.3
A moving rubber blade on a car that clears rain or snow from the front window
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Etymology
The word windscreen comes from the simple parts wind and screen, with screen meaning a cover that protects. So a windscreen is literally a 'screen against the wind', the clear glass at the front of a vehicle that keeps wind, rain and small stones away from the people inside.