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wind rose
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wind rose

noun \ˈwind-ˌrōz\

Definition of WIND ROSE

: a diagram showing for a given place the relative frequency or frequency and strength of winds from different directions

Origin of WIND ROSE

German Windrose compass card
First Known Use: 1846

Rhymes with WIND ROSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose

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