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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 northeastplay

  Familiarity information: NORTHEASTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NORTHEASTER (noun)


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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