windshield

[wind-sheeld, win-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a shield of glass, in one or more sections, projecting above and across the dashboard of an automobile.

windshield

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noun

Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): windscreen.��the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window
an object designed to shield something from the wind

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Word History and Origins

Origin of windshield¹

First recorded in 1900–05; wind ¹ + shield

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Some members of the crowd hurled water bottles and glass bottles at officers, and the windshield of a department vehicle shattered after it was struck by a projectile.

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Protesters swarmed around the vehicles, tearing the doors off and stomping on the windshields.

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A person was captured bashing a Cybertruck windshield with a rock and slashing its tires in Northern California as violent attacks on Teslas continue.

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In his great and powerful doominess, he can destroy everything around him, smearing civilians into shadows as easily as a windshield defeats a moth.

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Cameras were first installed on the windshields of some Metro buses last year, but the first tickets were issued in mid-February.

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