gale

simple noun18 collocationsAvg. frequency: 5.9

describes a powerful gale

describes a gale of great intensity

describes a very strong and noisy gale

a gale that occurs during winter

describes the strength of the wind on the Beaufort scale (e.g., force-8, force-9)

a gale originating from or occurring over the Atlantic Ocean

a gale occurring over the North Sea

describes a gale coming from the north

describes a gale coming from the west

a gale that occurs during autumn

a gale that occurs during fall

an official announcement that a gale is expected

describes the action of a gale

describes a gale moving across an area

an idiomatic way to say that the wind is very strong

figurative: loud, uncontrollable bursts of laughter

indicates that something happened during a gale

to be unexpectedly in a place where a gale is happening