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breakwinds

breakwinds is the plural 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

Questions about breakwinds

What is breakwinds the plural of?
Breakwinds is the plural of breakwind.

Words near breakwinds in the dictionary

  1. breakwalls
  2. breakwater
  3. breakwaters
  4. Breakwell
  5. breakwind
  6. breakwinds
  7. breaky
  8. bream
  9. Bream Creek
  10. breamed
  11. breaming

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