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Prevailing wind Uncommon

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Noun

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Noun
1

the predominant wind direction

"the prevailing wind is from the southwest"

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wind
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
antitrades trade wind antitrade wind
Rhyming Words
ind bind tind lind rind iind find kind mind sind hind wind poind teind ahind amind brind blind swind grind
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