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

Unusual features you may want to try at home include a child-resistant waterfall, vegetation windbreak and xeriscape.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 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

The drovers had unloaded them, stacking their bales into a windbreak, though thus far the evening was still.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor