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windhold

windhold noun: a state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.

Noun

windhold (usually uncountable, plural windholds)

  1. (usually) A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.
    • With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.

Forms of windhold

pluralwindholds
alternative formwind hold
alternative formwind-hold

Origin of windhold

From wind + hold.

Questions about windhold

What does windhold mean?
Windhold means a state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.
What part of speech is windhold?
Windhold is a noun.
What is the plural of windhold?
The plural of windhold is windholds.

Words near windhold in the dictionary

  1. Windham Center
  2. Windham County
  3. Windhams
  4. Windhill
  5. Windhoek
  6. windhold
  7. windholds
  8. Windhorst
  9. Windhorsts
  10. windhover
  11. windhovers

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