Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thaw wind

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: thaw wind
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cold, piercing wind from the south or south-east, which often accompanies the breaking up of a long frost.

Example Sentences

""“These are the earliest flowers at the Heights,” she exclaimed. “They remind me of soft thaw winds, and warm sunshine, and nearly melted snow. Edgar, is there not a south wind, and is not the snow almost gone?”""

Inflected Forms

thaw winds (plural)

Questions

What does thaw wind mean?: A cold, piercing wind from the south or south-east, which often accompanies the breaking up of a long frost.

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