( 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 ~.