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
- 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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