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.

Recent Examples on the Web

There was ballistic damage to the windshield of the man's vehicle, a Honda CR-V, and the back window was also shattered. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Acosta, at the front of the car, fired over the windshield as Lindo ran by. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

In a car crash involving a telephone pole, his head hit the windshield. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Stretching across the base of the windshield, the panoramic iDrive display projects information onto a black band that runs from one A-pillar to the other. — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing windshield

• windshield wiper

Rhymes for windshield

• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield
• downfield
• goldfield
• hayfield

Kids Definition

windshield

noun

wind·​shield ˈwin(d)-ˌshēld 

: a clear screen (as of glass) in front of the riders of a vehicle