windscreen

British

/ ˈwɪndˌskriːn /

noun

US and Canadian name: windshield. the sheet of flat or curved glass that forms a window of a motor vehicle, esp the front window

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For example, keep their windscreen clean, inside and out.

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She was breaking her heart and I was screaming at her 'just strap in so you don't go through the windscreen'.

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Police told French media that a tree fell on the man's vehicle and a branch went through his windscreen.

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The imposing building fills the windscreens of drivers heading towards Edinburgh on the A1 and dwarfs Stevenson's Barns Ness Lighthouse in the next bay.

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After he got back from his travels, he saw he had two tickets on his windscreen and that a further two had been removed by an unknown individual.

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