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

downdraught

noun

/ˈdaʊndrɑːft/

/ˈdaʊndræft/

(British English)

(North American English downdraft)

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a movement of air going downwards, for example down a chimney opposite updraught

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