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.
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Windbreak
Synonyms for "windbreak" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
24 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- заслон noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- преграда срещу вятъра noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
Catalan
4 entries- paravent noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
- paravent noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- tallavent noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
- tallavent noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
Dutch
1 entries- windscherm noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
Finnish
2 entries- tuulensuoja noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- tuulensuojaistutus noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
French
1 entries- brise-vent noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
German
2 entries- Windschutz noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- Windschutzstreifen noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
Hungarian
1 entries- mezővédő erdősáv noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
Irish
2 entries- fál fothana noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- scáthlán gaoithe noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
Māori
4 entries- pāhauhau noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- tāhokahoka noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- tītopa noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
- āhau noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
Russian
1 entries- лесополоса́ noun (hedge, fence or row of trees to reduce wind damage)
Swedish
1 entries- vindskydd noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
Welsh
1 entries- atalfa wynt noun (sheet, stack of material, or screen used to protect people or fire from wind)
Sample sentences
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Although Birdibil was warm in his family wungkurr or windbreak that night, lying next to a crackling fire and covered with some paperbark blankets (kawan), he had little sleep.
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A wide range of materials was used for windbreaks, including rigid bark sheets inserted in sand, piles of grass or foliage, and stone walls.
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