Lexic.us

Definition of Monsoon

1. Noun. A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter.

2. Noun. Rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains.

3. Noun. Any wind that changes direction with the seasons.

Definition of Monsoon

1. n. A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.

Definition of Monsoon

1. a seasonal wind [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monsoon

Monroe Monroe Doctrine Monrovia mons mons monseigneur monsel's salt monsel's solution Monsel solution Monsieur

Monsignor monsignori monsignorial monsignors Monson curve monsoon (current term) monsoonal monsoons monster monster

monstera monsteras Monstera deliciosa monsters monsters monstrance monstrance monstrances monstrosities monstrosity

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