TORNADOES

TORNADO

crack, crack cocaine, tornado

(noun) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

tornado, twister

(noun) a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

tornadoes

plural of tornado

Anagrams

• roadstone

Source: Wiktionary


TORNADO

Tor*na"do, n.; pl. Tornadoes. Etym: [From Sp. or Pg. tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See Turn.]

Definition: A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 May 2024

FATIGUE

(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”


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