windbreak
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of windbreak
Example Sentences
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Check the temperature of the sand and, if there's no natural shade, try to create some with a beach umbrella, sun tent or windbreak.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025
One of his main arguments is that a heavily thinned forest is more vulnerable to fire, not less, because the cooling shade of the canopy is reduced, as is the windbreak.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022
If your balcony is on the breezy side, you can protect your plants by putting them behind tightly baled straw, or you can create a windbreak by securing burlap to the railing.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021
If you're outside and caught in the storm, find shelter and try to stay dry and cover all exposed body parts, exercise or build a lean-to, windbreak or snow cave and fire for heat.
From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021
Slowly the wagon came around the windmill and the barn and the windbreak and into the yard, the dogs jumping happily beside it.
From "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan
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