Thesaurus results for WINDBREAK

windbreak

noun

Definition of windbreak

as in lean-to

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Recent Examples of windbreak For livestock, this would include potable water, sanitary living conditions and access to a windbreak such as a building or tree line. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 These versatile trees can stand alone as specimen trees or be grouped for windbreaks and screening. — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026 The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 Mario elbowed me into a small windbreak. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windbreak

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Noun

The old fence was in bad shape, too, being held up on one side by a lean-to.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Black California lives on freeway exits and underpasses, in tents and lean-tos.

— Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of lean-to

Noun

The optical illusion reminded early settlers of the blockades of wooden stakes, or palisades, built around forts to ward off threats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
In 2014, the regional nonprofit group SOS Sahel came to Barkadroussou and taught villagers to stabilize the dunes by building palisades of palm fronds.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of palisade

Noun

The Ghastly Grotto started its life as a simple CostCo shed, but Mitchell has since turned it into a full-scale tiki bar, with niches and grottos packed with art, figurines and other bric-a-brac, all with a ghoulish bent.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
The shed also had a pull-down table that was great for my early-morning or late-night writing sessions with a steaming mug of tea by my side.

— Dana Kravis, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of shed

Noun

Established in 1855 as a military post to fight against the Mescalero Apache, the fort went on to play a minor role in the Civil War and later served as a tuberculosis sanitorium and a World War II internment camp.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
The old site was fort-like, recalling dark chapters in Native American history.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of fort

Noun

As recidivist would-be escapees, de Boeldieu, Marechal, and Rosenthal are transferred to an impregnable medieval fortress, commanded by Captain von Rauffenstein, now burnt, broken in body, and wearing a neck brace.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Cancer doesn’t just create a fortress in the body to curb attacks.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of fortress

Noun

The state has long been one of the country’s premier political battlegrounds, making the race an early test of whether socialism can expand beyond Democratic strongholds and compete statewide.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026
On May 10, the same day the Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House, American troops captured a key British stronghold in New York, boosting Revolutionary morale.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 July 2026

Definition of stronghold

Noun

Twenty-one hundred miles can already be walked, allowing visitors to view England’s famous headlands, cliffs, beaches, and dunes, as well as castles, oceanside resorts, and wartime relics.

— Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
After careful restoration by the prestigious French winery ‌Château d'Yquem, the bottles were put on display at the castle earlier in June.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of castle

Noun

Crews are wanting to learn more about the earthen fortification, known as the redoubt, which is essentially a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight before fighting began.

— Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Contrast that with Europe, ostensibly a redoubt of strong climate policy.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 June 2026

Definition of redoubt

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