Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wind-screen; a shelter from wind.
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- noun A
windscreen .
Etymologies
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From French
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Examples
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Mr. Borrione has set out to create "a fairytale atmosphere for the Alice [in Wonderlands] of today," in rooms dominated by a striking modern silver interpretation of the paravent screen, dividing the bedroom from the study behind with its writing desk.
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Ca fait une sorte d'effet ombrage derriere un paravent de papier.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
she commented on the word paravent
A shelter from the wind.
July 9, 2008