Contrail
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Contrail is a noun meaning (intransitive) To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.
Meaning
(intransitive) To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.
More Meanings
- An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
Word Forms
- contrails
- contrailing
- contrailed
Antonyms for contrail
Common opposites include distrail.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include distrail, rack, cloud, rime, icebow, virga.
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