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Meanings of shelterbelt in English

Portuguese
abrigadouro
Catalan
ventalla
Spanish
cortina rompeviento

Hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion.

abrigadouro
Synonyms
Examples for "windbreak"
Examples for "windbreak"
1
The water tower acted as a windbreak, for which Shadow was grateful.
American Gods
2
The acre's maze of windbreak hedges leaves plenty of room for surprise.
The Irish Times
3
That provided a bit of a windbreak, but it was still cold.
Shade's children
4
There are enough young hemlocks up there to windbreak our whole garden.
The Garden, You, and I
5
He had then, when he stretched himself on the snow, a windbreak.
The Rim of the Desert
Usage of shelterbelt in English
1
A flock of crows rose from the trees of a nearby shelterbelt as the flight of loaves approached.
Bread Overhead
2
The change in ecosystem quality is positively correlated with the Sanbei shelterbelt and Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm control project and negatively correlated with socioeconomic and agricultural factors.
Pubmed
Frequent collocations
Translations for shelterbelt
Portuguese
abrigadouro
Shelterbelt through the time