Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front of a vehicle in order to protect its occupants from the wind and weather.

    Oh no! A vandal has just smashed our windscreen! Susan, can you go and call the insurance company?

    transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle

  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.

  4. A draught screen at the side of a passenger train doorway.

Examples

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  1. Mary broke off a windscreen wiper.

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  2. The snow froze on the windscreen.

    deDer Schnee gefror auf der Windschutzscheibe.

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  3. There was ice on my windscreen.

    deMeine Windschutzscheibe war vereist.

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  4. The snow was freezing on the windscreen.

    deDer Schnee gefror auf der Windschutzscheibe.

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  5. Shouldn't you turn your windscreen wipers off?

    deSolltest du nicht deine Scheibenwischer ausschalten?

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Origin

From wind + screen.

From wind + screen.

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Forms

plural: windscreens
Singularwindscreen
Pluralwindscreens

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle:windshield

Word family

4 related words

See also

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