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wind chill
(wind chill)
Pronunciation:
/ˈwɪndtʃɪl/
noun
[
mass noun
]
the cooling effect of wind blowing on a surface:
the wind chill at 70 mph descent would leave every racer needing medical treatment for frostbite
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