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waterspout
('w/oU/rt/@/,sp/AU/t )

noun (n)

  • a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist(noun.phenomenon)
    source: wordnet30
  • a heavy rain(noun.phenomenon)
    source: wordnet30
  • a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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