Definition of land breeze in English:

noun

• A breeze blowing towards the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea.

  Compare with sea breeze

  Example sentences

  • ‘During the day, there'd be a cool land breeze blowing in the other direction.’
  • ‘There is a word for each wind from the points of our compass, but, for example, they would translate, variously, as ‘south wind, cyclone, cold land breeze.’’
  • ‘It was still early enough in the morning for there to be the hint of a land breeze, and on that day there were hordes of dainty white and yellow butterflies everywhere.’