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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A line of thunderstorms preceding a cold front.

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  • noun meteorology A line of thunderstorms, hundreds of miles long, with squalls at the advancing edge

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  • noun a cold front along which squalls or thunderstorms are likely

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