light breeze
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light breeze
n.
A wind with a speed of from 4 to 6 knots (5 to 7 miles per hour; 7 to 11 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
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light breeze
n
(Physical Geography) a very light wind of force two on the Beaufort scale
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light′ breeze′
n.
a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec).
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Noun | 1. | light breeze - wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane) |
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