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trade-wind

trade-wind is the alternative form of trade wind.

Meaning of trade wind

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

  1. A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
    • They rode the trade winds going west.
    Synonyms:
    easterly
    Antonyms:
    westerly

Forms of trade-wind

pluraltrade-winds

Questions about trade-wind

What is trade-wind the alternative form of?
Trade-wind is the alternative form of trade wind.

Words near trade-wind in the dictionary

  1. trade-show
  2. trade-showed
  3. trade-showing
  4. trade-shows
  5. trade-unionize
  6. trade-wind
  7. trade-winds
  8. tradeability
  9. tradeable
  10. tradeables
  11. tradecraft

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