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windflaw

Noun CEFR B2
ˈwɪndflɔː

Definitions

A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.

Equivalents

Te Reo Māoripārara

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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