windscreen washer

noun

A device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles onto the windscreen (the windshield) of a vehicle (e.g. car, van, lorry, train, aircraft, boat) so as to clean it.

Similar
wet arm systemwindshield washerspritzerschpritzer
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Meanings

nounwindscreen washer (plural windscreen washers)

plural windscreen washers

  1. UKA device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles onto the windscreen (the windshield) of a vehicle (e.g. car, van, lorry, train, aircraft, boat) so as to clean it.

    Synonyms: wet arm system, windshield washer, spritzer, schpritzer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles onto the windscreen (the windshield) of a vehicle (e.g. car, van, lorry, train, aircraft, boat) so as to clean it.

Similar
wet arm systemwindshield washerspritzerschpritzer
Also see
spritzerwet arm systemwindshield washer

Translations

Finnish tuulilasin pesulaite, pissapoika
  • tuulilasin pesulaitedevice to clean windscreens
  • pissapoikadevice to clean windscreens
  • tuulilasinpesindevice to clean windscreens
French lave-glace
  • lave-glacedevice to clean windscreens
German Windschutzscheibenwaschanlage
  • Windschutzscheibenwaschanlagedevice to clean windscreens
Italian lavacristallo
  • lavacristallodevice to clean windscreens
Cite this entry
APA

windscreen washer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windscreen%20washer

MLA

“windscreen washer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windscreen%20washer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windscreen washer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windscreen%20washer.

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