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WINDSKR-een-wyp-uh/ˈwɪndskriːn ˌwaɪpə/

A windscreen wiper (id: windscreen-wiper) is a moving arm with a rubber blade that clears rain from a car’s front window (UK; US windshield wiper). The windscreen is the glass; the bonnet is the front lid (UK). Minibus: check the wipers before the trip; cracked rubber still fails the walk-round.

Meaning

A moving arm with a rubber blade that clears rain from a car’s front window (UK; US windshield wiper).

Examples

• “Check the windscreen wipers on the minibus before the trip; cracked rubber still fails the walk-round.”
• “A windscreen-wiper blade is a spare in the glove box, not a tool for DT.”

Good to know

a windscreen wiper (UK). US: a windshield wiper. Contrast: a windscreen / a bonnet. Minibus / MOT. Countable blades. Mix-up: to wipe is the verb; the wiper is the arm on the glass.

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