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windbreaks

windbreaks is the plural of windbreak.

Meaning of windbreak

Noun

windbreak (plural windbreaks)

  1. A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
  2. 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
  3. The act of breaking wind; flatulence.
    • (see title)1995, Terry Bolin, Rosemary Stanton, Wind Breaks: Coming to Terms with Flatulence

Questions about windbreaks

What is windbreaks the plural of?
Windbreaks is the plural of windbreak.

Words near windbreaks in the dictionary

  1. windbreaked
  2. windbreaker
  3. windbreakered
  4. windbreakers
  5. windbreaking
  6. windbreaks
  7. windburn
  8. windburned
  9. windburning
  10. windburns
  11. windburnt

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