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WINDBURN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does windburn mean?
• WINDBURN (noun)
The noun WINDBURN has 1 sense:
1. redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind
Familiarity information: WINDBURN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("windburn" is a kind of...):
erythema (abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation))
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