Explore Windbreak through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hedge or hedgerow. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Windbreak meaning
- A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
- A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind.
- The act of breaking wind; flatulence.
Using Windbreak
- The main meaning on this page is: A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops. | A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind. | The act of breaking wind; flatulence.
- Useful related words include: shelterbelt, hedge, hedgerow.
Context around Windbreak
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Windbreak
- In this selection, "windbreak" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ideal, row, fencing and plant stand out and add context to how "windbreak" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ideal windbreak plant and and consider a windbreak. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "windbreak" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with windbreak
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If a roof overhead isn’t feasible for your operation, consider a windbreak. (13 words)
An adult wheat stem sawfly on a smooth brome leaf within a tree-row windbreak. (15 words)
The disaster, he noted, had brought to the fore the need to plant trees to serve as windbreak. (18 words)
Milo is a drought and salt-tolerant tree, and serves as an ideal windbreak plant and ulu is a staple Polynesian food crop that produces nutritious and versatile fruit. (29 words)
A Canterbury Bankstown council development application has been lodged that will see the bowling green turned into a concrete playing surface with walkways and windbreak fencing. (26 words)
Prevention and remediation seeAlso A windbreak (the row of trees) planted next to an agricultural field, acting as a shield against strong winds. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
A Canterbury Bankstown council development application has been lodged that will see the bowling green turned into a concrete playing surface with walkways and windbreak fencing.
Milo is a drought and salt-tolerant tree, and serves as an ideal windbreak plant and ulu is a staple Polynesian food crop that produces nutritious and versatile fruit.
An adult wheat stem sawfly on a smooth brome leaf within a tree-row windbreak.
If a roof overhead isn’t feasible for your operation, consider a windbreak.
The disaster, he noted, had brought to the fore the need to plant trees to serve as windbreak.
Prevention and remediation seeAlso A windbreak (the row of trees) planted next to an agricultural field, acting as a shield against strong winds.