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FRESH GALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("fresh gale" is a kind of...):
gale (a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale)
Holonyms ("fresh gale" is a part of...):
Beaufort scale; wind scale (an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane))