Meaning

3 senses
  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.

    Windschutzscheibe

    ветрово́е стекло́vetrovóje stekló, лобово́е стекло́lobovóje stekló

    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.

    Windschutz, Mikrofon-Windschutz

  3. A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.

Examples

693 sentences
  1. You should keep your windshield clean.

    ruТы должен держать лобовое стекло чистым.

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  2. Tom turned on the windshield wipers.

    ruТом включил дворники.

    deTom schaltete den Scheibenwischer ein.

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  3. I saw Tom through the windshield.

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  4. You need to clean your windshield.

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  5. You need to clean the windshield.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
screen located in front of a vehicle to protect from wind and weather:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
screen located in front of a vehicle to protect from wind and weather:
cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises:

Forms

plural: windshields
Singularwindshield
Pluralwindshields

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • windshield wipers
  • your windshield wipers
  • broke the windshield
  • the windshield of

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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