WINDSCREEN


Meaning of WINDSCREEN in English

( BrE ) ( AmE windshield ) noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ front , rear

▪ car

VERB + WINDSCREEN/WINDSHIELD

▪ clean , scrape (sth off) , wipe

She scraped the ~ free of ice.

▪ break , crack , shatter , smash ( esp. BrE )

▪ fit , replace

▪ clear , defog ( AmE ), demist ( BrE )

She switched the wipers on to clear the ~.

WINDSCREEN/WINDSHIELD + VERB

▪ fog up ( esp. AmE ), mist up ( BrE )

▪ crack , shatter

WINDSCREEN/WINDSHIELD + NOUN

▪ wiper

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

I came back to find a parking ticket on the ~.

▪ through a/the ~

Bright evening sunlight glared through the ~.

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