Meanings
nounland breeze (plural land breezes)
plural land breezes
- A breeze blowing off the land and out to sea, common at night.
The wind continued light and variable all day, with a calm in the evening before the land breeze sprang up.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 165Synonyms: land wind · Antonyms: sea breeze
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA breeze blowing off the land and out to sea, common at night.
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Translations
Catalan brisa de terra
- brisa de terraan offshore breeze
Māori hauwhenua, tāwhenua
- hauwhenuaan offshore breeze
- tāwhenuaan offshore breeze
- pararakian offshore breeze
Polish bryza
- bryzaan offshore breeze
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APA
land breeze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/land%20breeze
MLA
“land breeze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/land%20breeze. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “land breeze,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/land%20breeze.
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