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# windscreen

noun (a windscreen, windscreens; UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ)

«windscreen» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The large glass window at the front of a car, bus or other vehicle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and road safety: clear the windscreen of ice before driving; windscreen wipers clear rain. In science: windscreens are made of special safety glass. In the USA and Canada the same thing is called a «windshield».

### Examples

- Dad scraped the ice off the windscreen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#x1)
- Rain ran down the windscreen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#x2)
- Turn on the windscreen wipers! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#x3)
- A stone cracked the windscreen on the motorway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#x4)
- Bugs splatted against the windscreen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#x5)
- The parking ticket was stuck under the windscreen wiper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/#x6)

### Note

Countable. UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ: windscreen; USA/Canada: windshield. Safety: a clear windscreen is needed for the driver to see.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «windscreen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windscreen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«windscreen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/windscreen.html) on Mova free.