HEADWIND

headwind

(noun) wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

headwind (plural headwinds)

A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.

Antonyms

• tailwind

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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