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windbreak

noun

Definition of windbreak

as in lean-to

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Recent Examples of windbreak For livestock, this would include potable water, sanitary living conditions and access to a windbreak such as a building or tree line. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 These versatile trees can stand alone as specimen trees or be grouped for windbreaks and screening. — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026 The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 Mario elbowed me into a small windbreak. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windbreak

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Noun

The old fence was in bad shape, too, being held up on one side by a lean-to.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Black California lives on freeway exits and underpasses, in tents and lean-tos.

— Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of lean-to

Noun

As an earthwork with a wooden palisade, however, much less of Antonius’s wall has survived the ensuing millennia.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026
The optical illusion reminded early settlers of the blockades of wooden stakes, or palisades, built around forts to ward off threats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Definition of palisade

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Brian had written down the recipe, and, in his back shed, Michael, with the eventual assistance of Kasey, sets about following it into strange and disturbing territory.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
On the other side of the field, the entrance to the gymnasium shed was a dark hole.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of shed

Noun

Also available in 6' x 6' and 8' x 8', choose your size for movie marathons, cozy campfires, ultimate blanket forts and beyond.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
The temple is thought to have been erected sometime during the third century CE, when the nearby Kapersburg fort was established as part of Rome’s frontier in Germania.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of fort

Noun

The structures include monasteries and fortresses that showcase the reign of the Lombards, who played a major role in the development of medieval European Christianity.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
The legacy data center strategy relied on secrecy—unmarked, fortress-like facilities hidden behind high security fences with minimal community outreach.

— Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of fortress

Noun

So, regardless of who wins on Thursday, the Greens even being competitive in a traditional Labour stronghold like this is indicative of how the smaller, more radical parties are increasingly challenging the mainstream.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Yemen's civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis descended from their northern stronghold, capturing Sanaa and forcing the government to flee into exile in Saudi Arabia.

— AHMED AL-HAJ, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of stronghold

Noun

This castle is old—so old that an Anglo-Norman lord built it in 1180.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of castle

Noun

Youth sports, once the redoubt of aimless childhood play, have become hopelessly commercialized.

— Nora Kenney Mittiga, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
Crews are wanting to learn more about the earthen fortification, known as the redoubt, which is essentially a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight before fighting began.

— Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026

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