windscreen-wiper
windscreen-wiper is the alternative form of windscreen wiper.
Meaning of windscreen wiper
Noun
windscreen wiper (plural windscreen wipers)
- A device used to clear rain and dirt from a windscreen; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade.
- The driver's window in each cab is fitted with an electrically-operated windscreen wiper, a sun visor, and a defroster, heated from a nozzle.1958 July, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501
- Synonyms:
- screen wiper, windshield wiper
- An exercise where the back is parallel to the ground (lying on it or hanging via the arms from a pull-up bar) and the legs are perpendicular to the floor so that the lower torso with the legs is rotated to target the Musculus obliquus externus abdominis, the Musculus quadratus lumborum and the Musculus rectus abdominis.
- Synonyms:
- screen wiper, windshield wiper
Forms of windscreen-wiper
| plural | windscreen-wipers |
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Questions about windscreen-wiper
- What is windscreen-wiper the alternative form of?
- Windscreen-wiper is the alternative form of windscreen wiper.
Words near windscreen-wiper in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: windscreen-wiper (page history and authors); windscreen wiper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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