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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