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NORTHEASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does northeaster mean?
• NORTHEASTER (noun)
The noun NORTHEASTER has 1 sense:
1. a storm blowing from the northeast
Familiarity information: NORTHEASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A storm blowing from the northeast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
noreaster; northeaster
Hypernyms ("northeaster" is a kind of...):
storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)
Derivation:
northeasterly (coming from the northeast)
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