Nor'wester
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nor'wester is a noun meaning Alternative form of northwester.
Meaning
Alternative form of northwester.
Example Sentences
A place glimpsed as square fragments from the windows of a Saab 340 as it bucked in on a pesky nor'wester.
However, I am assured that I have not yet seen either a “howling nor'-wester,” nor its exact antithesis, “ a sutherly buster.”
The pattern is familiar: A nor'wester shuttles in a cold front from the Canadian plains and thoughts of spring are pirated off to sea.
For nor'west diurnal periods of similar extraterrestrial irradiance (EI), the nor'wester's potential influence tends to increase with the reduction of Qᵣ* by cloudiness.
Word Forms
- nor'westers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sou, chinook, western, wind, gale, aft.
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