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Word: Tornado
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (denoting a violent thunderstorm of the tropical Atlantic Ocean): perhaps an alteration of Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’ (from tronar ‘to thunder’) by association with Spanish tornar ‘to turn’
tɔːˈneɪdəʊ
a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
Short Definition:mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having appearance of funnel-shaped cloud
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