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windbreak

noun

Definition of windbreaknext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for windbreak
  1. lean-to
  2. palisade
  3. shed
  4. fort
  5. fortress
  6. stronghold
  7. castle
  8. redoubt
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 single shed was found tacked to the side of a barn and was first bought by a delivery driver.
    — Scott Einsmann, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Parks employees currently use a small shed on a hillside to store equipment.
    — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of shed
Noun
  • The fort has long been used for events and recreation, but many of its historic buildings still need major work.
    — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The garrison’s enormous flag was waving on its flagpole, some 90 feet high—a clear signal that the American fort had survived the Battle of Baltimore.
    — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 11, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fort
Noun
  • Holding their accounts on freeze like a fortress are smarmy bank managers who laugh in the face of Beirut citizens who attempt a demand on their own funds.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Most of them can’t afford to outfit their own individual townhouses like armed fortresses as Swift has.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • Moody has so far refused to debate Nixon, hoping instead to ride political gravity in a formerly purple state that has become a Republican stronghold.
    — Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • During the final phase of the war in Gaza, Israel and the United States caused significant military and economic damage to Houthi strongholds in Yemen.
    — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of stronghold
Noun
  • The movie will shoot in a castle near the famous Loch Ness, just outside Inverness in Scotland.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
  • For one thing, a positive surface swab still wouldn’t confirm the castle was the source.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 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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“Windbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windbreak. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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