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thaw wind

thaw wind noun: a cold, piercing wind from the south or south-east, which often accompanies the breaking up of a long frost.

Noun

thaw wind (plural thaw winds)

  1. (Scotland, Yorkshire, Cheshire) A cold, piercing wind from the south or south-east, which often accompanies the breaking up of a long frost.
    • "“These are the earliest flowers at the Heights,” she exclaimed. “They remind me of soft thaw winds, and warm sunshine, and nearly melted snow. Edgar, is there not a south wind, and is not the snow almost gone?”"1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XIII, in Wuthering Heights

Forms of thaw wind

pluralthaw winds

Questions about thaw wind

What does thaw wind mean?
Thaw wind means a cold, piercing wind from the south or south-east, which often accompanies the breaking up of a long frost.
What part of speech is thaw wind?
Thaw wind is a noun.
What is the plural of thaw wind?
The plural of thaw wind is thaw winds.

Words near thaw wind in the dictionary

  1. thaves
  2. thavil
  3. thavils
  4. thaw
  5. thaw out
  6. thaw wind
  7. thaw winds
  8. thaw-drop
  9. thaw-drops
  10. Thawa
  11. thawab

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