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    spindrift
    /ˈspɪndrɪft/

    noun

    • 1. spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › spindriftSpindrift Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : sea spray. especially : spray blown from waves during a gale. 2. : fine wind-borne snow or sand. Did you know? Spindrift first set sail in the mid-18th century under Scottish command. During its first voyage, it was known by the Scottish moniker "speendrift."

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPINDRIFT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    small drops of water or snow, or small pieces of sand, carried in the wind: You can see snow whipping off the far mountain peaks as spindrift. At the pier the wind was gusting to sixty or seventy knots with spindrift flying everywhere. Fewer examples. Nightfall blanked out the mist and spindrift.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SpindriftSpindrift - Wikipedia

    Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) [1] is the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. [2] In Greek and Roman mythology, Leucothea was the goddess of spindrift. [3]

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSPINDRIFT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    spindrift in British English. (ˈspɪnˌdrɪft ) noun. 1. spray blown up from the surface of the sea. 2. powdery snow blown off a mountain. Nontechnical name: spoondrift. Collins English Dictionary.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › spindriftSpindrift - definition of spindrift by The Free Dictionary

    1. (Physical Geography) spray blown up from the surface of the sea. 2. (Physical Geography) powdery snow blown off a mountain. Nontechnical name: spoondrift. [C17: of Scottish origin, possibly from a variant of obsolete spoon to scud + drift]

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › spindriftSpindrift - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    spindrift. /ˌspɪnˈdrɪft/. IPA guide. Other forms: spindrifts. Definitions of spindrift. noun. spray blown up from the surface of the sea. synonyms: spoondrift. see more.

  8. www.definitions.net › definition › spindriftWhat does spindrift mean? - Definitions.net

    Spindrift (more rarely spoondrift) is the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. In Greek and Roman mythology, Leucothea was the goddess of spindrift.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › spindrift_nspindrift, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the noun spindrift is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for spindrift is from before 1614, in the writing of James Melville, Church of Scotland minister and diarist.

  10. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › spindriftspindrift - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Sep 27, 2024 · spindrift (countable and uncountable, plural spindrifts) (originally Scotland) (nautical) Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSPINDRIFT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SPINDRIFT definition: 1. small drops of water or snow, or small pieces of sand, carried in the wind: 2. small drops of…. Learn more.