windscreen shade
a sunshade for a vehicle's front window
TRANSLATION
windscreen shade = Sonnenblende für das Auto --- GOOGLE INDEX windscreen shade: approximately 25,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
This front WINDSCREEN SHADE is simply held in place by the sun visors and the dash board.
(from an online automotive parts retailer)
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If you park in the sun, use a WINDSCREEN SHADE and open up the car's windows and doors for a few moments before driving.
(The Green Travel Guide
(from an online automotive parts retailer)
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If you park in the sun, use a WINDSCREEN SHADE and open up the car's windows and doors for a few moments before driving.
(The Green Travel Guide
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windscreen shade
noun phrase
- a (usually) reflective piece of material for the windscreen to keep the car cool in hot weather
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Although Great Britain and the United States have a lot in common, including the language, there are some differences that are useful to know when travelling as a visitor to either country. In America, chips are called French fries and crisps are called chips or potato chips for instance
Americans don't call football "football," instead they call it soccer, even though the British invented the word soccer. To Americans, football is what they play with that oblong-shaped piece of leather and the players run around with pads and helmets.
And the windscreen is called a windshield in the U.S. To an American, a screen is usually something with small holes that lets a specific substance through. Many homes in the U.S. have so-called screen doors that consist of a wire net with very small holes stretched over a frame, which allows air but not insects to move through it. To complicate matters further, a "shade" is often referred to as a "blind" in British English. That makes "windscreen shade" a hybrid expression of sorts.
Speaking of vehicles, here are a few other differences:
The English bonnet is the American hood, the boot is the trunk, a car park is a parking lot, a demister is a defroster, a lorry is a truck, the number plate is the license plate, petrol is gasoline, a silencer is a muffler (in America a silencer is something that reduces the noise of a gun), wing is called a fender and the milometer is the odometer.
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noun phrase
- a (usually) reflective piece of material for the windscreen to keep the car cool in hot weather
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Although Great Britain and the United States have a lot in common, including the language, there are some differences that are useful to know when travelling as a visitor to either country. In America, chips are called French fries and crisps are called chips or potato chips for instance
Americans don't call football "football," instead they call it soccer, even though the British invented the word soccer. To Americans, football is what they play with that oblong-shaped piece of leather and the players run around with pads and helmets.
And the windscreen is called a windshield in the U.S. To an American, a screen is usually something with small holes that lets a specific substance through. Many homes in the U.S. have so-called screen doors that consist of a wire net with very small holes stretched over a frame, which allows air but not insects to move through it. To complicate matters further, a "shade" is often referred to as a "blind" in British English. That makes "windscreen shade" a hybrid expression of sorts.
Speaking of vehicles, here are a few other differences:
The English bonnet is the American hood, the boot is the trunk, a car park is a parking lot, a demister is a defroster, a lorry is a truck, the number plate is the license plate, petrol is gasoline, a silencer is a muffler (in America a silencer is something that reduces the noise of a gun), wing is called a fender and the milometer is the odometer.
With that, a British cheers! and an American thanks! for subscribing to OWAD!
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You shouldn't leave your dog in the car in the summer, but if you do at least use a windscreen shade."
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Thanks to Volker for suggesting today's word!
