sastruga

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sas′trə gə, sä′strə-, sa stro̅o̅′-, sä-)


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sas•tru•ga  (sas′trə gə, sä′strə-, sa stro̅o̅′-, sä-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gi (-gē).USA pronunciation 
  1. MeteorologyUsually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
Also, zastruga. 
  • dialect, dialectal Russian. zastrúga, noun, nominal derivative of zastrugát’, zastrogát’ to plane, shave down (wood), equivalent. to za- perfective verb, verbal prefix + strugát’, strogát’ to plane, smooth (wood)
  • German
  • 1830–40

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