backwash

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

noun

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Backwash in a sentence

I looked back to a ferry passing the Statue of Liberty now, its backwash a curving line upon the bay.

They pitched the dragon over the cliff-top, let tide's flow and backwash take the treasure-minder.

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