"billowy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i/ [UK] Forms: billowier [comparative], billowiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪləʊ(w)i Etymology: From billow + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|billow|y|id2=adjectival}} billow + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} billowy (comparative billowier, superlative billowiest)
  1. Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows. Translations (full of billows or surges): хълмист (hǎlmist) (Bulgarian), wellig (German), wogend (German), tāpokopoko (Maori), dalga dalga (Turkish), dalgalı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-billowy-en-adj-DqID9nk5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)

Inflected forms

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