windbreak

Example Sentences

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Check the temperature of the sand and, if there's no natural shade, try to create some with a beach umbrella, sun tent or windbreak.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

One of his main arguments is that a heavily thinned forest is more vulnerable to fire, not less, because the cooling shade of the canopy is reduced, as is the windbreak.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Dyche told the newspaper that he knew it was a violation to bring dogs inside, but he had no choice after failing to improvise a windbreak for the dogs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

If your balcony is on the breezy side, you can protect your plants by putting them behind tightly baled straw, or you can create a windbreak by securing burlap to the railing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

It rounded the windmill and the barn and the windbreak of Russian olive that Mama had planted long ago.

From "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan