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Definition: Windbreak |
WindbreakNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | A living barrier that usually includes several rows of trees, and perhaps shrubs, located upwind of a farm, field, feedlot or other area and intended to reduce wind velocities. Windbreaks, also called shelterbelts, can reduce wind erosion, conserve energy or moisture, control snow accumulations, and provide shelter for livestock or wildlife. (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | A tree or trees uprooted(windthrow in the Commonwealth)or their stems broken off(windbreakage)or other parts blown down(wind blast)by the wind. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A small-scale shelterbelt or other barrier, natural or artificial, maintained against the wind. 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. | |
Synonym: WindbreakSynonym: shelterbelt (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: wind-break (biology & biotechnology, history & folklore). |
Crosswords: Windbreak |
| Specialty definitions using "windbreak": sheltered stop. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A windbreak of conifer trees provides year-round protection from wind erosion for this cropland. Credit: Erwin C. Cole. |  | A newly established windbreak will provide protection from wind erosion and habitat for wildlife. Credit: Tim McCabe. |
 | An extensive farmstead windbreak, terraces, grassed waterways, conservation buffers and conservation tillage combine to protect this farm in Woodbury County in western Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Windbreak established in Bonneville County to control blowing dust along a major interstate highway. Credit: Dan Ogle. |
 | A farmstead windbreak and a native grass filter strip, both considered conservation buffers, add beauty and protection to a farm in Carroll County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Resource Conservationist Scott Kenrich in a flower crop field with a windbreak in background. Walters Gardens, Allegan County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Poplar windbreak next to cherry orchard. VanBuren County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Engineer Fred Gasper stands in cherry orchard with windbreak. VanBuren County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Three year old windbreak and snow fence catching snow. Blue spruce and cottoneaster in 2 rows. Dubois, Wyoming. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | Field windbreak. Credit: Don Poggensee. |
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| Author | Quotation |
H.g. Wells | Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum. |
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| "Windbreak" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Windbreak" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
windbreak | 11 |
windbreak tree | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "windbreak"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | strehë kundër erës, ledh erëpritës. (various references) | |
Arabic | وقاء من الريح. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | преграда срещу вятъра. (various references) | |
Czech | vìtrolam (wind-break). (various references) | |
Danish | laeplantning (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), laehegn, laebaelte, læbælte (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break). (various references) | |
Dutch | windwering (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), windvang (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), windsingel (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), windscherm (break wind, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind break, wind-break), windmantel (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), windkering (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), windbreekgordel, houtwal (hedgerow, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), beschuttingsgordel. (various references) | |
Farsi | درختستان که برای جلوگیری ازباداست , بادشکن (Windbreaker). (various references) | |
Finnish | tuuliaita, tuulensuojaistutus (break wind, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind break, wind-break), tuulensuoja (lee, shelter), suojavyöhyke (protective belt, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break). (various references) | |
French | rideau d'arbres brise-vent (wind-break), rideau brise-vent (wind-break), coupe-vent (wind cheater, windbreaker), chablis (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), brise-vent (break wind, wind break, wind-break), abri-vent. (various references) | |
German | Windschutz (break wind, dodger, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind break, wind shield, wind-break). (various references) | |
Greek | ανεμοφράκτησ, ανεμοφράκτης (frontscreen, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break, windscreen, windshield), αντιανεμικός φράκτης. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שובר רוח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szélfogó (ventilating-cowl, ventilating-pipe, windscreen). (various references) | |
Italian | siepe frangimento, schianto da vento (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), protezione contro il vento (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), frangivento (break wind, shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind break, wind-break), barriera frangivento (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 風除け , 風防 , 防風林 (shelterbelt). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぼうふうり" (shelterbelt), ふうぼう (appearance, looks), かぜよけ, かざよけ. (various references) | |
Manx | faal geayee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indbreakway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vedação (fencing, gasket, gate, packing, rail, railing), queda pelo vento (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), quebra-ventos (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), quebra-vento (tambour), quebra pelo vento (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), proteção contra o vento, muro (gate, wall), cortina pára-vento (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), cortina de abrigo (protective belt, shelterbelt). (various references) | |
Russian | ветролом. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vetrobran (windscreen, windshield), ograda koja štiti od vetra. (various references) | |
Spanish | rompevientos (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), protección contra el viento, lo quebrado por viento, descuajados (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), descuajado (not blown out, not blown up, not filled, unfilled, wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), daños del viento (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow), cortavientos (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), árboles (wind blast, windblow, windbreakage, windfall, windthrow). (various references) | |
Swedish | vindskydd (apron, windshield), läplantering (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, wind-break), läkuliss (protective belt, shelterbelt). (various references) | |
Turkish | rüzgâr siperi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вітролом (windfall), захисна лісосмуга (windbreaker), бурелом (deadfall). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "windbreak": windbreaker, windbreakers, windbreaks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-i-k-n-r-w" | |
-2 letters: bawdier, brained. | |
-3 letters: abider, bander, banked, banker, barked, binder, braked, brined, daiker, danker, darken, debark, denari, inbred, inward, kinder, kirned, narked, rained, ranked, rebind, rewind, riband, waired, wander, wanier, warden, warked, warned, winder, winked, winker. | |
-4 letters: abide, aider, aired, ardeb, awned, bairn, baked, baker, baned, barde, bared, beard, bider, biked, biker, braid, brain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-i-k-n-r-w" | |
+1 letter: windbreaks. | |
+2 letters: windbreaker. | |
+3 letters: windbreakers. | |
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