monsoon
monsoon is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.
- noun. a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
- noun. any wind that changes direction with the seasons
- noun. rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains
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