CATABATIC WIND

 Dictionary entry overview: What does catabatic wind mean? 

• CATABATIC WIND (noun)
  The noun CATABATIC WIND has 1 sense:

1. a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

  Familiarity information: CATABATIC WIND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATABATIC WIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

catabatic wind; katabatic wind

Hypernyms ("catabatic wind" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)