windhold

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noun

A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.

“With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.”

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Meanings

nounwindhold (usually uncountable, plural windholds)

plural windholds · alternative wind hold · alternative wind-hold

  1. uncountableusuallyhobbiesA state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.

    With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.

Origin

From wind + hold.

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Cite this entry
APA

windhold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windhold

MLA

“windhold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windhold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windhold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windhold.

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