airstream

English Thesaurus

1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	flow,
definition	:	any uninterrupted stream or discharge (noun.process)

2. a relatively well-defined prevailing wind (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	air current, current of air, wind,
definition	:	air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	jet stream,
definition	:	a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts (noun.phenomenon)