waterspout
IPA: wˈɔtɝspaʊt
noun
- 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 plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an impact or explosion.
- A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.
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Examples of "waterspout" in Sentences
- Behind the ship is a waterspout.
- A true gargoyle is a waterspout.
- A waterspout is a tornado over water.
- In 2007 it was damaged by a waterspout.
- Path crossed the isconsin River as a waterspout.
- The waterspout dissipated before moving onshore.
- There are five stages to the waterspout life cycle.
- And I support merging winter waterspout into this article.
- "But you called a waterspout when those ships came after us."
- A small waterspout was reported off the coast of Aberdeenshire.
- I've proposed a merger of that article into the waterspout article.
- Hard to see in the picture, I know, but that is a waterspout, which is an-above water tornado.
- A waterspout is a whirling body of water, which rises from the sea like a sharp-pointed pillar.
- A waterspout is a small tornado that forms over water drawing water upwards to a larger storm cloud.
- A waterspout is a piece of a cloud hanging down in a sloping direction, sometimes bending like a bow, but never perpendicular.
- A waterspout is a micro-scale tornado resembling a funnel-shaped cloud that stays concentrated over a body of water and causes the water to shoot upwards.
- Now suppose that, in today's world, we had a weak Tropical Depression in which a convective cell produced a small vortex say a waterspout which is not uncommon under these conditions.
- The lightning's flash may strike a ship when far away from port, upon the trackless deep, or the sudden bursting of a particular kind of cloud, called a waterspout, may overwhelm her, and none be left to tell her fate.