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windthrow.

Noun
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MEANING

Trees uprooted or blown over by wind, or the process that causes this.

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  • storm windthrow
  • extensive windthrow

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Windthrow blocked the track for nearly a mile.

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Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular windthrow; plural windthrows. 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. Commonness: uncommon.

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