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Foehn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A warm dry wind coming off the lee slopes of a mountain range, especially off the northern slopes of the Alps.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A warm dry wind blowing down the side of a mountain in northern and central Europe.

n. A similar wind in any mountainous area.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.

n. Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A warm, dry wind which descends from the upper Alps into the valleys on the north side of the chain of the Alps, from Geneva to Salzburg.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps

Word Usage

"The coming of Sinlaku triggered a rare meteorological event known as the foehn phenomenon, wherein warm, dry winds swept through Taiwan's Taitung County, Xinhua said."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wind air current current of air

Cross Reference

Chinook