Meaning

1 senses

  1. A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

    Tornado, Windhose

    смерчsmerč, торна́доtornádo

    смерчsmerč

More definitions
  • a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

Examples

68 sentences

  1. Tom's house was destroyed by a tornado.

    Будинок Тома було зруйновано торнадо. — deniko

    ruДом Тома был разрушен торнадо. — odexed

    deToms Haus wurde von einem Tornado zerstört. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. The tornado destroyed the whole village.

    ruТорнадо разрушил всю деревню. — marafon

    deDer Tornado zerstörte das ganze Dorf. — Esperantostern

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  3. Where do you think the safest place in your house would be during a tornado?

    deWo, glaubst du, wäre der sicherste Platz im Haus während eines Tornados? — Trinkschokolade

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  4. What's a tornado?

    deWas ist ein Tornado? — Waldelfe

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  5. There was a tornado in the village.

    У селі було торнадо. — rmdas

    ruВ деревне был торнадо. — odexed

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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violent windstorm:
Русский
By meaning 1
violent windstorm:
Deutsch
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Origin

From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thun

From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”).

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Forms

plural: tornadoes / tornados
Singulartornado
Pluraltornadoes / tornados

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
twisterwhirlstorm
Close in meaning
  • a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground:twister
  • a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive:crackcrack cocaine

Word family

29 related words
Derivedfirenadogustnadohorse tornadorope tornadosnownadostovepipe tornadosupertornadotornadictornado braintornadocanetornado chasertornado drilltornadoesquetornado frytornado huntertornado juicetornado lamptornadoliketornado omelettetornado omuricetornado outbreaktornado potatotornadoprooftornado shelter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
torchB2tormentC1tormentortorpedotorque

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