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stormwind

stormwind noun: a heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm.

Noun

stormwind (plural stormwinds)

  1. A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm.
    • Also know, that it is as possible to see the winde as the aire, their substances being too tenuous to be perceived; unlesse in a storm-winde, whose matter is an exhalation so thick that it darkens the aire:1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 5, Section 2, p. 177
    • […] the stormwind smites the wall of the mountain cliff […]1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, New York: Samuel Colman, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 6, p. 146

Forms of stormwind

pluralstormwinds
alternative formstorm-wind

Origin of stormwind

From storm + wind.

Questions about stormwind

What does stormwind mean?
Stormwind means a heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm.
What part of speech is stormwind?
Stormwind is a noun.
What is the plural of stormwind?
The plural of stormwind is stormwinds.

Words near stormwind in the dictionary

  1. stormtroops
  2. Stormville
  3. stormwater
  4. stormwaters
  5. stormwear
  6. stormwind
  7. stormwinds
  8. stormwise
  9. stormworthiness
  10. stormworthy
  11. stormy

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