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vapor trail

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noun

contrail.

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Nearby words

  1. vapor,
  2. vapor barrier,
  3. vapor lock,
  4. vapor pressure,
  5. vapor tension,
  6. vaporescence,
  7. vaporetto,
  8. vaporific,
  9. vaporimeter,
  10. vaporing

Origin of vapor trail

First recorded in 1940–45
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for vapor trail

  • A thin, high streak of vapor-trail needling down toward them from the sunrise rainbow turned the channel of his thought.

    Traders Risk|Roger Dee