TRADE WIND

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator

Example:

they rode the trade winds going west

Synonyms:

trade; trade wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("trade wind" is a kind of...):

prevailing wind (the predominant wind direction)

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