The windshield of a car or other vehicle is the glass window at the front through which the driver looks.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use windscreen
windshield in British English
(ˈwɪndˌʃiːld)
noun
1. US and Canadian
the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): windscreen
2.
an object designed to shield something from the wind
windshield in American English
(ˈwɪndˌʃild)
US
noun
in automobiles, trucks, speedboats, motorcycles, etc., a curved or flat transparent screen, as of glass, in front, that protects the riders from wind, etc.
windshield in Automotive Engineering
(wɪndʃild)
Word forms: (regular plural) windshields
noun
(Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Bodywork, controls, and accessories)
The windshield of a vehicle is the glass window at the front through which the driver looks.
The front windshield of the car was smashed by the impact.
The image of the road ahead is projected onto the lower part of the windshield.
She had to clear the ice from the windshield before driving off.
US UK EnglishWindshield is one of the many vehicle parts that has a different name in British English, whereit is called a windscreen. Other differences include the following:hood US, bonnet UK license plate US, number plate UKfender US, wing UKantenna US, aerial UKtrunk US, boot UKturn signal US, indicator UK
Examples of 'windshield' in a sentence
windshield
The ship was a distinct shape now, getting larger, spreading across the windshield.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
She met my eyes, then quickly turned away again to resume her straight-ahead stare out the windshield towards the funeral home.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
She was preoccupied, and gazed out of the windshield lost in her own thoughts.
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
I rubbed a hole in the foggy windshield with the side of my hand.