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STORM SIGNAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does storm signal mean?
• STORM SIGNAL (noun)
The noun STORM SIGNAL has 1 sense:
1. a signal announcing the approach of a storm (particularly a storm of marked violence)
Familiarity information: STORM SIGNAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A signal announcing the approach of a storm (particularly a storm of marked violence)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("storm signal" is a kind of...):
sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "storm signal"):
storm cone (a canvas cone hoisted to warn of high winds)
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