downwindadverb, adjective
uk/ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/us/ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/in the direction in which the wind blows; with the wind behind:
The smoke drifted downwind.
They live downwind of a pig-farm and sometimes the smell is awful.
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
- windsock
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