dust devilnoun [ C ]
/ˈdʌst ˌdev.əl//ˈdʌst ˌdev.əl/a spinning column of dust being blown by the wind:
Dust devils spin across the bare earth around the camp.
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- Flat farmland and 100-degree temperatures provide the perfect spawning grounds for dust devils.
- a boulder-strewn desert, where dust devils dance among the rocks
- In this broad, sun-baked basin just south of the Great Salt Lake, dust devils rake the desert.
- The camera captures what appears to be smoke rising. I thought it might be a dust devil but it is staying in one place.
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- El Niño
- eolian
- gale-force
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- northeasterly
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
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