windshield
noun
wind·shield
ˈwin(d)-ˌshēld 
: a transparent screen (as of glass) that protects the occupants of a vehicle
especially
: one in front of the occupants
Examples of windshield in a Sentence
The car had a damaged windshield.
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The real warning sign should’ve been Katherine’s inability to react to the chaos that was playing through my Silverado’s cracked windshield.
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Eric Church, Field & Stream, 5 June 2024
The couple can be seen and heard seemingly yelling at passersby that there was someone stuck in the submerged vehicle as Chance starts to smash the windshield and Young yells at the driver to cover his eyes.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Officer Michael McKinney was driving a patrol car on Carlsbad Village Drive, headed under Interstate 5, when a rock struck the vehicle, destroying its spotlight and damaging the windshield, police said.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
The driver, a 28-year-old Antioch man, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected through the windshield as the vehicle rolled over.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
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Eric Church, Field & Stream, 5 June 2024
The couple can be seen and heard seemingly yelling at passersby that there was someone stuck in the submerged vehicle as Chance starts to smash the windshield and Young yells at the driver to cover his eyes.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Officer Michael McKinney was driving a patrol car on Carlsbad Village Drive, headed under Interstate 5, when a rock struck the vehicle, destroying its spotlight and damaging the windshield, police said.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
The driver, a 28-year-old Antioch man, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected through the windshield as the vehicle rolled over.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
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“Windshield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windshield. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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windshield
noun
wind·shield
ˈwin(d)-ˌshēld
: a clear screen (as of glass) in front of the riders of a vehicle
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