blowdown.

Trees brought down by wind, or an area of forest where this has happened.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• storm blowdown
• an area of blowdown

On the page

The trail disappeared beneath fresh blowdown from the previous night's storm.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular blowdown; plural blowdowns. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.