Usually means: Vertical upward movement of air.
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  1. updraft: Merriam-Webster
  2. updraft: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. updraft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. updraft: Vocabulary.com
  5. updraft: Wordnik
  6. updraft: Wiktionary
  7. updraft: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. updraft: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. updraft: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. updraft: Dictionary.com
  11. updraft: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Updraft: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. updraft: Rhymezone
  14. updraft: FreeDictionary.org
  15. updraft: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. updraft: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Updraft: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (updraft)

▸ noun:  an upward current of air, especially a strong one

Similar:
updraught, downdraught, downdraft, outdraft, downdraw, draft, through-draught, downwash, downburst, indraft, more...

Opposite:
downdraft, downflow, descent

Phrases:
updraft kiln, Updraft carburetor, Solar updraft tower, more...

Adjectives:
strong, main, thermal, warm, powerful, sudden, violent, maximum, convective, intense, vertical
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Similar:
updraught, downdraught, downdraft, outdraft, downdraw, draft, through-draught, downwash, downburst, indraft, more...

Opposite:
downdraft, downflow, descent

Phrases:
updraft kiln, Updraft carburetor, Solar updraft tower, more...

Adjectives:
strong, main, thermal, warm, powerful, sudden, violent, maximum, convective, intense, vertical



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