noun

• 1The drawing in of something.

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  • ‘the indraught of the towns is irresistible’

  1. 1.1count noun An inward flow, especially of air.
     ‘the larger the fire, the sharper is the indraught of the air’
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     • ‘The development of indraft wind tunnels, however, has not been as well documented.’
     • ‘This great indraft of moist air from the equatorial North Atlantic is like the warm-season half of a monsoon.’
     • ‘The system of indraught and escape ventilation is absent to date there.’