antitrade winds
1antitrade winds — plural noun steady winds that blow in the opposite direction to and overlie the trade winds …
2antitrade winds — …
3antitrade — noun winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics • Syn: ↑antitrade wind • Hypernyms: ↑prevailing wind * * * /an ti trayd /, n. 1. antitrades, westerly winds lying above the trade winds in the tropics. adj. 2 …
4antitrade wind — noun winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics • Syn: ↑antitrade • Hypernyms: ↑prevailing wind …
5antitrade — /æntiˈtreɪd/ (say antee trayd) noun 1. any of the upper tropical winds moving counter to and above the trade winds, but descending beyond the trade wind limits, and becoming the westerly winds of middle latitudes. –adjective 2. denoting such a… …
6antitrade — /an ti trayd /, n. 1. antitrades, westerly winds lying above the trade winds in the tropics. adj. 2. noting or pertaining to such a wind. [1850 55; ANTI + TRADE] * * * …
7antitrade — an•ti•trade [[t]ˈæn tɪˌtreɪd[/t]] n. 1) mer antitrades, westerly winds lying above the trade winds in the tropics 2) mer of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such a wind • Etymology: 1850–55 …
8antitrade — n. wind blowing steadily from east to west and lying above the trade winds …