boreal
a . 北的
北的
boreal adj 1 :
relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind 2 :
toward or located in the north ; "
the boreal signs of the Zodiac "
3 :
comprising or throughout far northern regions [
synonym : {
boreal },
{
circumboreal }]
Boreal \
Bo "
re *
al \,
a . [
L .
borealis :
cf .
F .
bor ['
e ]
al .
See {
Boreas }.]
1 .
Northern ;
pertaining to the north ,
or to the north wind ;
as ,
a boreal bird ;
a boreal blast .
[
1913 Webster ]
So from their own clear north in radiant streams ,
Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn .
--
Thomson .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biogeography )
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 Holarctic region 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 Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18 [
deg ]
C . (=
64 .
4 [
deg ]
F .).
Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and {
Boreal zone },
the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
boreal ":
Siberian ,
aeolian ,
aestival ,
airish ,
airy ,
algid ,
antarctic ,
arctic ,
austral ,
autumn ,
autumnal ,
below zero ,
biting ,
bitter ,
bitterly cold ,
blasty ,
bleak ,
blowy ,
blustering ,
blusterous ,
blustery ,
breezy ,
brisk ,
brumal ,
canicular ,
cold ,
cold as charity ,
cold as death ,
cold as ice ,
cold as marble ,
crisp ,
cutting ,
drafty ,
east ,
eastbound ,
easterly ,
eastermost ,
eastern ,
easternmost ,
equinoctial ,
favonian ,
flawy ,
freezing ,
freezing cold ,
fresh ,
frigid ,
gelid ,
glacial ,
gusty ,
hibernal ,
hiemal ,
hyperborean ,
ice -
cold ,
ice -
encrusted ,
icelike ,
icy ,
inclement ,
keen ,
meridional ,
midsummer ,
midwinter ,
nipping ,
nippy ,
north ,
northbound ,
northeast ,
northeasterly ,
northeastern ,
northerly ,
northern ,
northernmost ,
northwest ,
northwesterly ,
northwestern ,
numbing ,
occidental ,
oriental ,
out of season ,
penetrating ,
piercing ,
pinching ,
puffy ,
raw ,
rigorous ,
seasonal ,
severe ,
sharp ,
sleety ,
slushy ,
snappy ,
solstitial ,
south ,
southbound ,
southeast ,
southeasterly ,
southeastern ,
southerly ,
southern ,
southernmost ,
southwest ,
southwesterly ,
southwestern ,
spring ,
springlike ,
squally ,
stone -
cold ,
subzero ,
summer ,
summerlike ,
summerly ,
summery ,
supercooled ,
vernal ,
west ,
westbound ,
westerly ,
western ,
westernmost ,
windy ,
winter ,
winterbound ,
winterlike ,
wintery ,
wintry
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