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Definition of "windbreak" []

  • A hedge, fence, or row of trees serving to lessen or break the force of the wind. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "windbreak" in a sentence
  • "They too, were painted red, and there were some trees by them that Mr. Wood called his windbreak, because they kept the snow from drifting in the winter time."
  • "If you are considering a windy site, provide some kind of windbreak; either a physical barrier fence, trees or shrubs"
  • "I left the car and ran across some thinly wooded grassland till I came to 'a thick belt of pines that obviously served as some kind of windbreak for a habitation."