Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The breaking of trees by wind.
- noun Something to break the force of the wind, as a hedge, a board fence, or a row of evergreen trees; any shelter from the wind.
- To break the wind of. See
wind-broken .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U. S. A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
- transitive verb rare To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
windbreak .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
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Examples
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A tattered tarpaulin, stretched as a wind-break, partially sheltered them from the driving snow.
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Behind the pin was a service road that ran outside the wind-break of pines back to the clubhouse driveway.
December 6 Smith, Martin Cruz 2002
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As he sat his black hunter in the shadows of a wind-break and watched the small cavalcade come thundering up Ashes 'Hill, Jack couldn't keep the smile from his face.
A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995
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As he sat his black hunter in the shadows of a wind-break and watched the small cavalcade come thundering up Ashes 'Hill, Jack couldn't keep the smile from his face.
A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995
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They didn't seem to object to the wind-break and settled happily in the straw.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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Behind my wind-break, she put down an open-sided box with cushions inside.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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I went up the grassy slope and put up a sheet of plywood as a wind-break.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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They built their city behind the biggest wind-break they could find.
The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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They built their city behind the biggest wind-break they could find.
The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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In the sheltered bowl trees grew, providing a wind-break for byre and barn and house, and partly screening the holding from view.
The Virgin In The Ice Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1982
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