NORTHER (norther)
Dictionary entry overview: What does norther mean? • NORTHER (noun)
The noun NORTHER has 1 sense:
1. a wind that blows from the north
Familiarity information: NORTHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NORTHER (noun)
Meaning:
A wind that blows from the north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
boreas; north wind; norther; northerly
Hypernyms ("norther" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "norther"):
bise; bize (a dry cold north wind in southeastern France)
mistral (a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter)
tramontana; tramontane (a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean)
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