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FRESH GALE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does fresh gale mean?

• FRESH GALE (noun)
The noun FRESH GALE has 1 sense:

1. wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale

Familiarity information: FRESH GALE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FRESH GALE (noun)

Sense 1

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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))

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