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windshield

  • /wɪnˈʃiːld/

noun windshields

  1. Canada, Philippines, US 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 force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather. The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.
  2. A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing.
  3. A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.

Similar: windscreen

verb windshields · windshielding · windshielded

  1. transitive To install a windshield on.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: windscreen, window, dome, umbrella, washer, wiper, liquid, fluid, glass, moon, leadership, luna, washers, windscreens, wind shield, windshield wiper

noun

Similar: windscreen

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noun screen located in front of a vehicle to protect from wind and weather

Españolparabrisas, guinshil
日本語フロントガラス furontogurasu
中文擋風玻璃 /挡风玻璃 dǎngfēng bōli, 風擋 /风挡 fēngdǎng
Portuguêspara-brisa, para-brisas
Françaispare-brise, parebrise
DeutschWindschutzscheibe
Italianoparabrezza
Ελληνικάπαρμπρίζ parmpríz
Românăparbriz, ferastră de față
Русскийветрово́е стекло́ vetrovóje stekló, лобово́е стекло́ lobovóje stekló
Tiếng Việtkính chắn gió
العربيةزُجَاج السَيَّارَة الأَمَامِيّ
עבריתמגן רוח magén rúakh, שמשה shimshá

noun cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises

Españolcortavientos
Portuguêspára-brisas
Françaisbonnette anti-vent
DeutschWindschutz, Mikrofon-Windschutz

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@misc{windshield_2026,
  title = {windshield},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/windshield},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}