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break-wind

break-wind is the alternative spelling of breakwind.

Meaning of breakwind

Noun

breakwind (plural breakwinds)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
    • He bent and disappeared out of the sheltering circle of the fir-fronds, returning in a moment with an armful of boughs. He went back, foraging, and she heard him snapping off others. Presently he was beside her again, and began to construct the break-wind, interweaving from the ground up to the...1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Three Go Back

Forms of break-wind

pluralbreak-winds

Questions about break-wind

What is break-wind the alternative spelling of?
Break-wind is the alternative spelling of breakwind.

Words near break-wind in the dictionary

  1. break-upper
  2. break-uppers
  3. break-ups
  4. break-vow
  5. break-vows
  6. break-wind
  7. break-winds
  8. breakabilities
  9. breakability
  10. breakable
  11. breakableness

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