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simoonenUK
si·moom S0416900 (sĭ-mo͞om′) also si·moon (-mo͞on′)n. A strong, hot, sand-laden wind of the Sahara and Arabian Deserts: "Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar" (James Joyce). Also called samiel.
[Arabic samūm, from samma, to poison, from Aramaic sammā, drug, poison; see śmm in Semitic roots.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  simoon - a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africasamiel, simoomair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
simoonenUK
simoom, simoon a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa simoonA very hot and dry wind of Asian and African deserts.simoonenUK
Related to simoon: Simoom or SimoonSynonyms for simoonnoun a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North AfricaSynonymsRelated Words- air current
- current of air
- wind
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