afternoon breeze
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- noun
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brisa de la tarde
- Sitting on the porch, we felt the refreshing afternoon breeze that provided relief from the heat.
- a cool afternoon breeze
- a late-afternoon breeze
Examples
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Yellow tulips sway in a warm afternoon breeze.
Fiction book (1997) -
An afternoon breeze accompanied by rain did not deter the downtown residents who made their way to Westminster Presbyterian Church early on Election Day afternoon to exercise their constitutional right.
Blog text (11) -
But hardly more than a strong afternoon breeze swept through.
Blog text (31) -
A late afternoon breeze pushes it farther.
Fiction book (1999) -
The old temperature should be in the 90s again... but a cool afternoon breeze will make it all worthwhile come evening.
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In the faint afternoon breeze, the blue flag of Maine snapped out.
Fiction book (1990) -
FLOWER GARDEN - DAY: Yellow tulips sway in a warm afternoon breeze.
Fiction book (1997) -
A loud chant suddenly went up, drifting on the late-afternoon breeze.
Fiction book (1990) -
There it is, sitting absolutely still in the breath of an afternoon breeze alone and with perfect posture and firm lips as if God himself chiseled it outta stone.
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The afternoon breeze lifted her hair while she sat quietly on a log and remembered her warrior poet, remembered him and the way he touched her, remembered him running for the trees.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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Moving air that blows outside and can be strong
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A light cool wind that feels pleasant
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A light wind that moves leaves and cools the air
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A gentle wind you feel on your face that moves leaves
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a light wind that occurs during the afternoon' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'afternoon' (the time of day) with 'breeze' (a gentle wind). This simple noun+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun afternoon breeze shows a simple picture: the time afternoon and a soft wind, the breeze, that cools the air later in the day. So it means 'a light wind in the afternoon that brings relief from the heat'.