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Definition of updraught noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

updraught

noun

/ˈʌpdrɑːft/

/ˈʌpdræft/

(British English)

(North American English updraft)

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a movement of air going upwards
- hawks riding the thermal updraughts
opposite downdraught

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