occluded front

noun

A front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.

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Meanings

nounoccluded front (plural occluded fronts)

plural occluded fronts

  1. climatologyA front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 囚錮鋒 /囚锢锋
  • 囚錮鋒 /囚锢锋 (qiúgùfēng)cold front that overtakes a warm front
Dutch occlusiefront
  • occlusiefrontcold front that overtakes a warm front
Finnish okluusiorintama, okkluusiorintama
  • okluusiorintamacold front that overtakes a warm front
  • okkluusiorintamacold front that overtakes a warm front
French front occlus
  • front occluscold front that overtakes a warm front
German Okklusion
  • Okklusioncold front that overtakes a warm front
Greek συνεσφιγμένο μέτωπο
  • συνεσφιγμένο μέτωπο (synesfigméno métopo)cold front that overtakes a warm front
Italian fronte occluso
  • fronte occlusocold front that overtakes a warm front
Japanese 閉塞前線
  • 閉塞前線 (heisoku-zensen)cold front that overtakes a warm front
Korean 폐색전선
  • 폐색전선 (pyesaekjeonseon)cold front that overtakes a warm front
Russian фронт окклю́зии
  • фронт окклю́зии (front okkljúzii)cold front that overtakes a warm front
Spanish oclusión
  • oclusióncold front that overtakes a warm front
Swedish ocklusionsfront
  • ocklusionsfrontcold front that overtakes a warm front
Turkish oklüzyon cephesi
  • oklüzyon cephesicold front that overtakes a warm front
Cite this entry
APA

occluded front. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occluded%20front

MLA

“occluded front.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occluded%20front. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occluded front,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occluded%20front.

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