northeaster

noun

Etymology

From north + easter.

  1. derived from *wósr̥ — “spring
  2. derived from *h₂ews- — “dawn; east
  3. inherited from *Austrǭ
  4. inherited from *Austrā
  5. inherited from ēastre
  6. inherited from Ester
  7. formed as northeaster — “north + easter

Definitions

  1. An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose…

    An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually originate from the northeast.

    • A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality.
    • A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for northeaster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA