arched squall

[ ahrcht-skwawl ]

/ ˈɑrtʃt ˈskwɔl /

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noun Meteorology.

a potentially violent squall in which storm clouds appear as a well-developed arch rising above the horizon: The afternoon’s calm at sea had been ushered in by a treacherous arched squall, which had us scrambling to our sails in a hurry.

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Origin of arched squall

First recorded in 1810–15

Words nearby arched squall

archdukedom, arche-, Archean, archebanc, arched, arched squall, arched truss, archegoniophore, archegonium, archencephalon, archenemy

How to use arched squall in a sentence

Or gazing towards the Bible stories, saints and martyrs depicted in the arched stained glass windows.
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When they returned, many came to this small building with arched windows only a few blocks from the grimy Caspian beach.
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The gracefully arched ceiling of the Oval Office can make the biggest of men look small.
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The Arab pricked his ears, swished his long and arched tail viciously, and showed the whites of his eyes.
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He was looking at me with eyebrows arched, curiously, and there was a faint suggestion of hostility in the set of his mouth.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
As the evening approached the weather clouded in and threatened us with another squall from the eastward.
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A peculiar form of grave common in these chambers, as well as in the galleries, is that known as the arcosolium, or arched tomb.
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Sometimes the recess is rectangular instead of arched, and is then called by De Rossi sepolcro a mensa, or table tomb.
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