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thaw winds

thaw winds is the plural of thaw wind.

Meaning of thaw wind

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

Questions about thaw winds

What is thaw winds the plural of?
Thaw winds is the plural of thaw wind.

Words near thaw winds in the dictionary

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

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