windshield
/wɪnˈʃiːld/
windshield noun: a transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
Noun
windshield (plural windshields)
- A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
- The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.
- For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop...1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684
- A cover for a microphone to exclude airy noises such as wind and breathing.
- A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
Verb
windshield (third-person singular simple present windshields, present participle windshielding, simple past and past participle windshielded)
- To install a windshield on.
windshield meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
windshield in Hindi
- विंडशील्ड, विण्डशील्ड
windshield in Tamil
- விண்ட்ஷீல்டு, விண்ட்ஷீல்ட்
windshield in Marathi
- विंडशील्ड, विण्डशील्ड, विंडशील्डला
windshield in Urdu
- ونڈشیلڈ
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- windshield in Bengali
- উইন্ডশীল্ড, উইণ্ডশীল্ড
- windshield in Telugu
- విండ్షీల్డ్, విండ్ షీల్డ్
- windshield in Malayalam
- വിൻഡ്ഷീൽഡ്, വിൻഡ്ഷിൽഡ്
- windshield in Kannada
- ಗಾಳಿತಡೆ
- windshield in Punjabi
- ਵਿੰਡਸ਼ੀਲਡ, ਵਿੰਡਸ਼ੀਲਡ
- windshield in Gujarati
- વિન્ડશીલ્ડ, વિંડશીલ્ડ
- windshield in Odia
- ୱିଣ୍ଡସିଲ୍ଡ, ୱିଣ୍ଡଶୀଲ୍ଡ
- windshield in Nepali
- विन्डशील्ड, विण्डशील्ड, विन्डसिल्ड
- windshield in Arabic
- زُجَاج السَيَّارَة الأَمَامِيّ
- windshield in Malay
- cermin depan
- windshield in Persian
- شیشهی جلو
- windshield in Vietnamese
- kính chắn gió
Examples of windshield in a sentence
- And this one special one, like he was the leader of the pack, jumped up on the hood and came right up to the windshield and looked in.2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Pat, 34:52 from the start, in Penn Radio:
- Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth.2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times:
Synonyms of windshield
Forms of windshield
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | windshields |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | windshields |
| present participle | windshielding |
| past participle | windshielded |
| past | windshielded |
Origin of windshield
From wind + shield.
Words formed from windshield
Phrases with windshield
Questions about windshield
- What does windshield mean?
- Windshield means a transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.
- What is windshield in Hindi?
- Windshield in Hindi is विंडशील्ड, विण्डशील्ड. See Windshield meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use windshield in a sentence?
- And this one special one, like he was the leader of the pack, jumped up on the hood and came right up to the windshield and looked in.
- What part of speech is windshield?
- Windshield can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce windshield?
- Windshield is pronounced /wɪnˈʃiːld/.
- What is the plural of windshield?
- The plural of windshield is windshields.
Words near windshield in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: windshield (page history and authors); windshield (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); windshield (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); windshield (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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