"windscreen washer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: windscreen washers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} windscreen washer (plural windscreen washers)
  1. (British) 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. Wikidata QID: Q131402301 Tags: British Synonyms: wet arm system, windshield washer, spritzer, schpritzer Related terms: window cleaner, window washer, windscreen wiper, windshield wiper, glass cleaner, Windex Translations (device to clean windscreens): tuulilasin pesulaite (Finnish), pissapoika (english: slightly vulgar) (Finnish), tuulilasinpesin (Finnish), lave-glace [masculine] (French), Windschutzscheibenwaschanlage [feminine] (German), lavacristallo [masculine] (Italian)

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