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View synonyms for windbreak
windbreak
[ wind-breyk ]
windbreak
/ ˈwɪndˌbreɪk /
noun
- a fence, line of trees, etc, serving as a protection from the wind by breaking its force
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Word History and Origins
Origin of windbreak1
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Example Sentences
The snow would surely come from that direction, and having a windbreak might mean considerable.
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So Yan collected firewood, made a bed of Fir boughs and a windbreak of bushes and bark.
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But as she approached the poplar windbreak which stood to the north of the house, the little shack waned like a shadow before her.
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Hawaiians planted it as a windbreak around their homes and broke off sections to chew when they traveled.
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It could, however, be recommended as an integral part of a windbreak, or woodlot where the land owner has an apiary.
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