🇬🇧 Windscreen meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A windscreen is something that stands in the way of the wind so it can’t blast straight at you. It can be a row of trees, tall bushes, a fence, or a wall. A windscreen slows the wind down and protects people, animals, or things behind it, so you don’t feel so cold or get your hair and stuff blown all over the place.

The playground put up a windscreen fence, so now only the kids spin wildly, not the snack wrappers.

Our row of trees is such a good windscreen that even the wind stops to catch its breath there.

We turned the snow fort into a windscreen so powerful that even the snowflakes changed lanes to go around it.

Mom said the new hedge is a windscreen, but the dog thinks it’s a secret tunnel for spying on the neighbors’ cat.

The sheep all hid behind the hedge, using it as a windscreen so their wool didn’t blow into stylish, silly hairdos.

Rain stung her face until she lifted the small windscreen on her scooter. The windscreen cut the blast; rain slid off the windscreen's curve. She rode closer to the trees, and the windscreen held back the cold gusts. She breathed, hands steady, wiping the windscreen clean with a smile as the road opened ahead.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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