WHOLE GALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whole gale mean? 

• WHOLE GALE (noun)
  The noun WHOLE GALE has 1 sense:

1. wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale

  Familiarity information: WHOLE GALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHOLE GALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("whole gale" is a kind of...):

gale (a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale)

Holonyms ("whole gale" is a part of...):

Beaufort scale; wind scale (an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane))