English dictionary
boreal
/'b/oU/r/i//@/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
Source: WordNet 3.0
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toward or located in the north
ExamplesThe boreal signs of the Zodiac.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a <i>boreal</i> bird; a <i>boreal</i> blast.
Source: webster1913
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Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the <i>Holarctic region</i> exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The <i>Boreal</i> region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18° C. (= 64.4° F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and <b>Boreal zone</b>, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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comprising or throughout far northern regions
Synonyms circumborealSource: WordNet 3.0