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Definition of "nor'easter" []

  • A northeaster. (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 "nor'easter" in a sentence
  • "The unseasonably early winter storm, known as a "nor'easter" due to its north-easterly movement, was being called "Snowtober" and affected up to 60 million people."
  • "The shortfalls came even after past reports had faulted the company for its responses to large-scale power outages, including those conducted after Hurricane Gloria in 1985, a March 2010 nor'easter and this year's Tropical Storm Irene."
  • "This morning, I was alerted to a few tweets worried about a potentially bad low pressure system moving eastward that could become a nor'easter and damage the Eastern Seaboard Sunday into Sunday night."