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Definition of "windburn" [windburn]

  • An irritation or chafing of the skin caused by long exposure to 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 "windburn" in a sentence
  • "If I took a box of books down to the concourse at DFW airport and tried to sell them, the store managers would have security whisking me into the street so fast you'd get windburn from the rush."
  • "In truth, I am fishing — freezing my butt off, to be sure, and catching nothing at the moment but a vicious windburn from the Arctic air mass that's blasting down the throat of Montana's Madison River Valley."
  • "With winter comes the inevitable windburn that depletes moisture and ravages the skin."
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