Word
Monsoon
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
mon-soon
Definition
- 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.
- noun - Any wind that changes direction with the seasons
- noun - A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
- noun - Rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains
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