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Definition of
billow noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
billow
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈbɪloʊ
/
/
[
usually plural
]
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a moving mass or cloud of smoke, steam, etc. like a wave
A farmer was burning straw, the yellow billows of smoke spiraling lazily upward.
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