"squall line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: squall lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} squall line (plural squall lines)
  1. (meteorology) A line of thunderstorms, hundreds of miles long, with squalls at the advancing edge. Wikipedia link: squall line Categories (topical): Meteorology Translations (line of thunderstorms): kuuropilvijono (Finnish), ukkosrintama (Finnish), puuskarintama (Finnish), ligne de grains [feminine] (French), Schlechtwetterfront [feminine] (German), fronte [masculine] (Italian), fronte di temporali (Italian), linea di burrasca [feminine] (Italian), pōkākā (Maori), rorohū (Maori), bygelinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), linha de instabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), frente de mal tiempo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-squall_line-en-noun-dZxmR~v6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for squall line meaning in English (2.4kB)

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