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Definition of "light breeze" []

  • A wind with a speed of from 4 to 7 miles (6 to 11 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "light breeze" in a sentence
  • "On the evening before I spoke, however, Dr. Buckley made an indiscreet remark, which, blown about Chautauqua on the light breeze of gossip, was generally regarded as both unchivalrous and unfair."
  • "The summer-dressed trees, still a shade lighter than they would be later, stirred in the light breeze as the congregation broke up."
  • "Red sat back, smelling the gunsmoke, watching the white gas drift and seethe until a light breeze took it and it dissipated."
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