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
Each car appears to have a wall of sacks along the front to serve as windbreak.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
