Synonyms for boreal


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bawr-ee-uh l, bohr
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr i əl, ˈboʊr‐


Définition of boreal

Origin :
  • "northern," late 15c., from Latin borealis, from boreas "north wind," from Greek Boreas, name of the god of the north wind, of unknown origin, perhaps related to words in Balto-Slavic for "mountain" and "forest."
  • adj frigid
Example sentences :
  • It blew him as a blade of grass is blown in a boreal blast; yet he sensed the pitch.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • This corner was precisely the boreal lands and seas of North America.
  • Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
  • The snows of boreal affection did not wither or fade his eternal spring.
  • Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
  • Something must be done to lift the soul out of the boreal bleach.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • Thus in these dimples of nature rocks the cradle of boreal life.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • I had begun to observe this as I approached the boreal center.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • Resident in the boreal zones, and fairly common in migration.
  • Extract from : « A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho » by M. Dale Arvey
  • The boreal summer is short and if broods are to be raised there is no time to waste.
  • Extract from : « The New North » by Agnes Deans Cameron
  • No thunderstrokes: the lightning of boreal storms is silent.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
  • However, I stopped the Boreal in time, and later on lowered the kayak, and boarded the other.
  • Extract from : « The Purple Cloud » by M.P. Shiel

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