spell of weather

collocation in English

meaningsofspellandweather

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spell
noun[C]
uk
/spel/us
/spel/
a period of time for which an activity or condition ...
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weather
noun[U]
uk
/ˈweð.ər/us
/ˈweð.ɚ/
the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a ...
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(Definition ofspellandweatherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspell of weather

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We are suddenly experiencing a very sharpspellofweather.
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A badspellofweatherat the wrong time could easily reduce incomes by up to £150 per acre.
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However, total expenditure for the winter of 1986–87, which included a particularly coldspellofweather, was £414,000.
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They would then have a month with long daylight hours, good sun and usually a goodspellofweather.
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Almost every year we have a severespellofweather.
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They do not want to exchange poor specimens which are in a weak or undernourished condition, as they would be as a result of a very hardspellofweather.
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Twenty-four hours later, when the next warmspellofweatherstarted they were operating at full blast so that everybody sweltered while they were subsiding again.
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With vows and propitiations to him a beneficialspellofweatheris obtained.
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We have had one of the most severe spells of weather it has been our misfortune, or fortune, to experience for quite a number of years.
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In winter, temperatures can drop below while mild spells of weather can raise daytime temperatures above freezing.
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However, mild spells of weather can occur time to time.
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