Windbreak

Quick meaning: Windbreak is a noun meaning (agriculture) A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.

Meaning

(agriculture) A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.

More Meanings

1. A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind.
2. The act of breaking wind; flatulence.

Example Sentences

(see chapter title)

(chapter title for chapter on flatulence)

Another of Roy's room-clearing wind breaks snapped my head back.

I built my windbreak on a second-story wooden deck, as you can see above, but it would work just as well at ground level.

Word Forms

• windbreaks
• wind-break
• wind break

Synonyms for windbreak

Depending on context, synonyms include shelterbelt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shelterbelt, windrow, hedgerow, hedge-row, waterbreak, breakwater.

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