fresh breeze


nounMeteorology.
  1. a wind of 19–24 miles per hour (9–11 meters per second).

Origin of fresh breeze

1
First recorded in 1795–1805

Words Nearby fresh breeze

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How to use fresh breeze in a sentence

  • The Indian fleet had just entered the Straits of Malacca, and were sailing in open order, with a fresh breeze and smooth water.

    Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • When we got home the fresh breeze had braced her up, and her pale cheeks were really more rosy.

    Dracula | Bram Stoker
  • You are turning to windward in a fresh breeze, under all plain sail, and it becomes necessary to tack.

    A Middy of the King | Harry Collingwood

British Dictionary definitions for fresh breeze

fresh breeze

noun
  1. a fairly strong breeze of force five on the Beaufort scale

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