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wind-screen

[ wind-skreen, win- ]
/ ˈwɪndˌskrin, ˈwɪn- /

noun Chiefly British.

windshield.

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Origin of wind-screen

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby wind-screen

windrow, windrower, wind sail, wind scale, wind scorpion, wind-screen, windscreen wiper, wind shaft, wind shake, wind-shaken, wind shear
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British Dictionary definitions for wind-screen

windscreen
/ (ˈwɪndˌskriːn) /

noun

British, Australian, NZ and Southern African the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front windowUS and Canadian name: windshield
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