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lake-effect

lake-effect is the alternative spelling of lake effect.

Meaning of lake effect

Noun

lake effect (countable and uncountable, plural lake effects)

  1. An effect of large bodies of fresh water on the weather of regions downwind.
    • Lake-effect storms dumped 108 inches of snow on Oswego in 48 hours.

Questions about lake-effect

What is lake-effect the alternative spelling of?
Lake-effect is the alternative spelling of lake effect.

Words near lake-effect in the dictionary

  1. Lake Wongan
  2. Lake Worth
  3. Lake Worth Beach
  4. Lake Wyangan
  5. Lake Zurich
  6. lake-effect
  7. lakebed
  8. lakebeds
  9. laked
  10. lakedom
  11. Lakefield

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