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Word: Maelstrom
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from early modern Dutch (denoting a whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmeɪlstrəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river.
Short Definition:powerful whirlpool in sea or river
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