windflaw
/ˈwɪndflɔː/
windflaw noun: a sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.
Noun
windflaw (plural windflaws)
- A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.
- The front of the wind on the water was a solid, sharply defined strip of dark-coloured, wind-vexed water. In advance of this strip, like skirmishers, were flashes of windflaws.1912, Jack London, chapter 8, in A Son Of The Sun
- The smoke seemed to cover them all halfway to the house, but then it twisted away on a windflaw and lifted like a stage curtain.2008, Willie Nelson,, Mike Blakely, A Tale Out of Luck: A Novel, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- gust
Synonyms of windflaw
Forms of windflaw
| plural | windflaws |
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Origin of windflaw
From wind + flaw.
Questions about windflaw
- What does windflaw mean?
- Windflaw means a sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.
- What part of speech is windflaw?
- Windflaw is a noun.
- How do you pronounce windflaw?
- Windflaw is pronounced /ˈwɪndflɔː/.
- What is the plural of windflaw?
- The plural of windflaw is windflaws.
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