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Meanings of waterspout in English
Weather phenomenon characterized by an intense columnar vortex that occurs over a body of water.
Usage of waterspout in English
1
The ship was lowered about a hundred feet away from the waterspout.
2
By this flood, we may judge of the waterspout's power of suction.
3
He's just been wrastlin' with a waterspout and he's some wore out.
4
A spectacular waterspout swept across a Belgian beach causing damage along the shore.
5
The rain fell like a waterspout, and the throng immediately fled for shelter.
6
Soon the heavens were opened, and the floods came down like a waterspout.
7
A waterspout has been spotted off the north coast of Cornwall.
8
A waterspout even formed off the coast, near Taree, last night.
9
They looked like a black waterspout as they came in off the lake.
10
A waterspout spiralling above the sea in Suffolk provided a stunning sight on Saturday.
11
The pack sucked in with the rush of a waterspout.
12
As it reaches the water, a waterspout forms which is approximately 100 meters high.
13
A brief turmoil follows as if there were the bursting of some vast waterspout.
14
She dropped her wool and sat on the waterspout, and tried to understand things.
15
A waterspout, an immense liquid column, was beating upon the surface of the waters.
16
The waterspout, traveling with the speed of an express train, bore down upon me.
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Translations for waterspout
Russian
Waterspout through the time
Waterspout across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common