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OCCLUDED FRONT

Dictionary entry overview: What does occluded front mean?

• OCCLUDED FRONT (noun)
The noun OCCLUDED FRONT has 1 sense:

1. (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

Familiarity information: OCCLUDED FRONT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OCCLUDED FRONT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

occluded front; occlusion

Hypernyms ("occluded front" is a kind of...):

front ((meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

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