windstorm

[ wind-stawrm ]

noun

1. a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.

windstorm

/ ˈwɪndˌstɔːm /

noun

1. a storm consisting of violent winds

windstorm

/ wĭnd′stôrm′ /

1. A storm with high winds or violent gusts but little or no rain. Winds with speeds up to 241 km (149 mi) per hour have been recorded during windstorms.
2. See also tornado

Word History and Origins

Origin of windstorm¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; wind ¹, storm

Example Sentences

While some hazards, like windstorms, happen in every region, certain disasters are more common in specific geographic areas.

From Popular-Science

The pioneer climbed up a lanky Douglas spruce in the middle of a windstorm one December day in 1874 to feel what treetops feel.

From Ozy

That being said, the sound is big enough that sometimes a big local windstorm can churn out some choppy waves.

From Outside Online

These days it’ll be 120 in September and 95 in January, and we’ll see windstorms and wildfires.

From Outside Online

Five days before we planned to head home, a windstorm knocked out the power.

From Outside Online

Sinai Field Mission: A man with a large push-broom is sweeping sand off a road in a windstorm.

From The Daily Beast

Since it was only a windstorm, there was no rain to wash the air clean of the lethal dust.

From Project Gutenberg

Shortly after our return to the farm the wind began again to rise, and another terrific windstorm blew over the land.

From Project Gutenberg

A more terrific windstorm than all those I had seen before, arose during the night.

From Project Gutenberg

I wished it had been forty or forty-five, for instead of a windstorm we should then have had glorious still weather.

From Project Gutenberg

What will become of me in this terrific windstorm, in the midst of these great towering mountains that surround me on every side?

From Project Gutenberg

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• tornado
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