Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

windflaw

/ˈwɪndflɔː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wind-flaw
IPA: /ˈwɪndflɔː/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.

Example Sentences

"The front of the wind on the water was a solid, sharply defined strip of dark-coloured, wind-vexed water. In advance of this strip, like skirmishers, were flashes of windflaws."
"The smoke seemed to cover them all halfway to the house, but then it twisted away on a windflaw and lifted like a stage curtain."

Etymology

From wind + flaw.

Inflected Forms

windflaws (plural)

Synonyms

gust

Questions

How do you pronounce windflaw?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪndflɔː/.
What does windflaw mean?: A sudden, strong current of wind; flaw.
Where does windflaw come from?: From wind + flaw.

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