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WINSKR-een/ˈwɪnskriːn/

The windscreen is the front window of a car: a cracked windscreen, windscreen wipers, look through the windscreen. British spelling is windscreen; American is windshield. Window is general; the windscreen is the front one. Wipers clear rain. Do not write windscreen for a screen on a computer.

Meaning

The front window of a car.

Examples

• “Rain ran down the windscreen on the motorway.”
• “Ice covered the windscreen on Monday morning.”
• “The mechanic replaced a stone-chipped windscreen.”

Good to know

windscreen wipers / a cracked windscreen. British: windscreen. American: windshield.

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