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Lee

/liː/

A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.

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📖 Definitions of "Lee"

noun

1
A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
2
The side of the ship away from the wind.
3
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
"the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship"

adjective

1
Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.

🔄 Synonyms of "Lee"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
leeward	Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.
downwind	in the same direction as the wind is blowing
robert e lee	—
robert edward leenoun	american general who led the confederate armies in the american civil war (1807-1870)
lee sidenoun	the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lee"

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Word	Definition
leeward	Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.
downwind	in the same direction as the wind is blowing
lee sidenoun	the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
robert e leenoun	—
robert edward leenoun	american general who led the confederate armies in the american civil war (1807-1870)
flyingnoun	(countable, aviation) An act of flight.
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levinnoun	(archaic, poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
shelternoun	(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
orographic	(meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather.
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zoonoun	(countable) A park where live animals are exhibited.
eeanoun	A short river in south Cumbria, England, that flows into the estuary of the River Leven, on Morecambe Bay.
prcnoun	(Singapore, sometimes derogatory) A person from the People's Republic of China, especially in contrast to native-born Singaporean Chinese.
mingnoun	(UK, Ireland) A mixture.
readnoun	A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
readingnoun	The process of interpreting written language.
emlnoun	Initialism of essential medicines list.
plumnoun	The fruit and its tree.
listerianoun	Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.