Meanings
nounsun visor (plural sun visors)
plural sun visors
- automotiveA flap attached to the interior of an automobile by a hinge just above the windscreen/windshield, used to shade the eyes of occupants from the glare of sunlight.
The driver's window in each cab is fitted with an electrically-operated windscreen wiper, a sun visor, and a defroster, heated from a nozzle.
1958 July 28, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501
Translations
Finnish aurinkolippa
- aurinkolippaflap attached to the interior of an automobile
Spanish visera, parasol (automotor / automovilístico)
- viseraflap attached to the interior of an automobile
- parasol (automotor / automovilístico)flap attached to the interior of an automobile
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APA
sun visor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sun%20visor
MLA
“sun visor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sun%20visor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sun visor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sun%20visor.
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