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NORTHWESTER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
northwest wind; northwester
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("northwester" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
Derivation:
northwesterly (coming from the northwest)