Spindrift from the waves below was reaching the clifftop.
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Spindrift
//ˈspɪndɹɪft//
Synonyms for "spindrift" (33 found)
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Translations
11 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- водни пръски noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 浪花(兒) /浪花 noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Finnish
1 entries- pärske noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
French
1 entries- embrun noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
German
1 entries- Gischt noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Korean
3 entries- 눈보라 noun (clouds of sand, snow, etc., whipped along the ground by the wind)
- 모래보라 noun (clouds of sand, snow, etc., whipped along the ground by the wind)
- 물보라 noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cathadh-mara noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bụi nước noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Welsh
1 entries- llwch y môr noun (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea)
Sample sentences
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There was no snow as yet up here at Dare; but wild tempests shaking the house to its foundations; and brief gleams of stormy sunlight lighting up the grey spindrift as it was whirled shorewards from the breaking seas; […]
Source: wiktionary
The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately producing the storm-wrack and spin-drift of the tempest-tossed sea.
Source: wiktionary
[T]ogether they watched the bobbing black specks as they crawled out of the estuary into the grey spindrift which marked the harbour mouth.
Source: wiktionary
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