Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A storm or gale blowing from the northeast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wind or gale from the northeast.
- noun The silver shilling or sixpence of New England in the reign of Charles I.: so called from their having the letters N. E. (meaning ‘New England,’ but assumed to mean ‘northeast’) impressed on one of their faces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
nor'easter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a storm blowing from the northeast
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Examples
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The storm, a so-called northeaster which started with heavy rain in Florida last week and showered snow over Washington DC for 12 hours starting late Friday, swept north through Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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A storm, dubbed a northeaster, started with heavy rain in Florida last week and showered snow over Washington DC for 24 hours starting late Friday, before sweeping north through Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
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Is a "northeaster" a wind blowing to the northeast or from the northeast?
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Okay, the weather-twit on TV is now talking about that "northeaster" due Sunday night into maybe Tuesday as possible . . . snow.
Relapses jhetley 2007
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His only exhibit, it was open to the public until April 2007, when a northeaster hit Providence and the sub sank.
The Navy Has a Top-Secret Vessel It Wants to Put on Display 2009
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Small days, big days, days when a northeaster would blow so hard that if you did make it paddling out through 10 foot waves, you were a mile down the beach by the time you caught your first one ... or to be more precise, for those extreme conditions, when the wave caught you.
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A brand-new system is bringing in more wintry weather, so we have a winter weather advisory for southern Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky straight to tomorrow morning because a few more inches of snow is in the forecast for you unrelated to the northeaster.
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ROBERTS: The brutal northeaster is expected to be the worse storm of the season for major cities like Philadelphia and New York, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. And that's where C.N's Elaine Quijano is live on the National Mall for us this morning.
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But as bad as it is, even a northeaster is not as bad as the frozen ice we had.
Storms Bearing Down on Holiday Travelers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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But as bad as it is, even a northeaster is not as bad as the frozen ice we had.
Storms Bearing Down on Holiday Travelers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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