wind rose

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   weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions

   Broaderweather map

Questions about wind rose

What does wind rose mean?

wind rose means "weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions".

Is wind rose a common word?

wind rose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.