zephyr : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: zephyr	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for zephyr
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zephyr n a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" Synonym(s): breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zephyr \Zeph"yr\, n. [L. zephyrus, Gr. [?], akin to [?] darkness, the dark side, west: cf. F. z[82]phyr.] The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze. [bd]Soft the zephyr blows.[b8] --Gray. As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet. --Shak. {Zephyr cloth}, a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, a waterproof fabric of wool. {Zephyr shawl}, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton. {Zephyr yarn}, [or] {worsted}, a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Zephyr, TX Zip code(s): 76890