windbreak
windbreak noun: a hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
Noun
windbreak (plural windbreaks)
- A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
- A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind.
- I built my windbreak on a second-story wooden deck, as you can see above, but it would work just as well at ground level.June 1964, Darrell Huff, Sun-Catching Windbreak Popular Science, Bonnier Corporation, page 112
- Although Birdibil was warm in his family wungkurr or windbreak that night, lying next to a crackling fire and covered with some paperbark blankets (kawan), he had little sleep.2000, Darrell Huff, Settlement: A History Of Australian Indigenous Housing, Aboriginal Studies Press, page 19
- The act of breaking wind; flatulence.
- (see title)1995, Terry Bolin, Rosemary Stanton, Wind Breaks: Coming to Terms with Flatulence
- Another of Roy's room-clearing wind breaks snapped my head back.1996, Matt Condon, The Lulu Magnet
Forms of windbreak
| plural | windbreaks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wind-break |
| alternative form | wind break |
Origin of windbreak
From wind + break.
Words formed from windbreak
Questions about windbreak
- What does windbreak mean?
- Windbreak means a hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
- What part of speech is windbreak?
- Windbreak is a noun.
- What is the plural of windbreak?
- The plural of windbreak is windbreaks.
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