Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foul wind

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: foul wind
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

Example Sentences

"We lost several hours having to tack into a foul wind just off the coast."

Inflected Forms

foul winds (plural)

Antonyms

fair wind

Questions

What does foul wind mean?: A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

How to pronounce foul wind

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