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Shelterbelt

Definition: Shelterbelt

Shelterbelt

Noun

1. Hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Shelterbelt

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

A plant barrier of trees, shrubs, or other approved perennial vegetation designed to reduce wind erosion. Also called a windbreak. (references)

Food & Agriculture

A strip of trees or shrubs maintained mainly to alter the windflow and microclimates in the sheltered zone, usually agricultural fields. Source: European Union. (references)
 A barrier composed of planted trees on the shores of reservoirs designed to break the velocity of the wind near their water surface in order to reduce evaporation. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Shelterbelt

Synonym: windbreak (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: wind-break (food & agriculture, environment).

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Crosswords: Shelterbelt

English words defined with "shelterbelt": Cupressus macrocarpaMonterey cypress. (references)

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Photo Album: Shelterbelt

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This is an example of a field shelterbelt in Montana. Credit: Unknown.

Wetland adjacent to cropland in eastern South Dakota with a shelterbelt in the background. Grass buffer strip between the field and wetland traps sediment and chemicals as well as slows runoff. Credit: Don Poggensee.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Shelterbelt

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

shelterbelt

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Shelterbelt

Language Translations for "shelterbelt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

laeplantning (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), læhegn (break wind, protective belt, wind break), læbælte (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

windwering (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), windvang (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), windsingel (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), windscherm (break wind, shelter belt, shelter-belt, wind break, windbreak, wind-break), windmantel (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), windkering (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), houtwal (hedgerow, shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), beschermende zoom van bomen en struiken (protective belt), beschermende strook van bomen en struiken (protective belt), beschermende gordel van bomen en struiken (protective belt). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suojavyöhyke (protective belt, shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), tuulensuojavyöhyke (protective belt), tuulensuojaistutus (break wind, shelter belt, shelter-belt, wind break, windbreak, wind-break), tuulensuoja (lee, shelter). (various references)

   

French

  

rideau-abri, rideau d'arbres brise-vent (shelter belt, shelter-belt), rideau brise-vent (shelter belt, shelter-belt), ceinture de protection, brise-vent (shelter belt, shelter-belt), bande de protection. (various references)

   

German

  

Schutzstreifen (guard bar), Schutzgürtel (protective belt, safety belt, seat belt), Windschutzstreifen (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), Windschutzpflanzung (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), Windschutzanlage (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), Windschutz (windbreak). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανεμοφράκτης (frontscreen, shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break, windscreen, windshield). (various references)

   

Italian

  

striscia di protezione (protection strip, protective belt), protezione contro il vento (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), frangivento (break wind, shelter belt, shelter-belt, wind break, windbreak, wind-break), fascia protettiva (protective belt), fascia di protezione (chafing, protection piece, protection strip, protective belt, safety belt), barriera frangivento (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

防風林 (windbreak). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぼうふうり" (windbreak). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elterbeltshay

   

Portuguese

  

quebra-ventos (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), cortina pára-vento (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), cortina de abrigo (protective belt, windbreak). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

лесозащитная полоса (forest shelter belt, shelter belt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rompevientos (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), faja protectora (protection strip, protective belt), cortina cortavientos (protective belt), cortavientos (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), cinturón protector (protection strip, protective belt). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

läplantering (shelter belt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break), läkuliss (protective belt, windbreak). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Shelterbelt

Derivations

Words beginning with "shelterbelt": shelterbelts. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Shelterbelt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-h-l-l-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: beetlers, besetter, blethers, resettle, teethers.

-4 letters: beetler, beetles, belters, bethels, betters, blether, esthete, heelers, hellers, letters, reheels, retells, settler, sheeter, sheller, shelter, sherbet, shtetel, sterlet, teeters, teether, teethes, tellers, tethers, trebles, trestle.

-5 letters: beetle, behest, belles, belter, berets, berths, betels, bethel, better, ethers, heeler, heller, lethes, letter, rebels, reheel, relets, resell, retell, retest.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-h-l-l-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: shelterbelts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Shelterbelt


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 68 65 6C 74 65 72 62 65 6C 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101000 01100101 01101100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100010 01100101 01101100 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#104 &#101 &#108 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#98 &#101 &#108 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0068 0065 006C 0074 0065 0072 0062 0065 006C 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5374717886718468717886

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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