waterspout
(noun) a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
(noun) a heavy rain
waterspout
(noun) a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
Source: WordNet® 3.1
waterspout (plural waterspouts)
A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
A true tornado that passes over a body of water.
A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.
(windstorm)
• whirlwind
(windstorm)
• dust devil
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"ter*spout`, n.
Definition: A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
Note: Tall columns, apparently of cloud, and reaching from the sea to the clouds, are seen moving along, often several at once, sometimes straight and vertical, at other times inclined and tortuous, but always in rapid rotation. At their bases, the sea is violently agitated and heaped up with a leaping or boiling motion, water, at least in some cases, being actually carried up in considerable quantity, and scattered round from a great height, as solid bodies are by tornadoes on land. Sir J. Herschel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
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