About The Word Waterspout
Learn about the word Waterspout to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Waterspout definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Waterspout
| Waterspout Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Waterspout?
[n] a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
[n] a heavy rain [n] a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist Synonyms | Synonyms for Waterspout: cloudburst | deluge | downpour | pelter | soaker | torrent Related Terms | Find terms related to Waterspout: See Also | conduit | rain | rainfall | tornado | twister Waterspout In Webster's Dictionary \Wa"ter*spout`\, n.
A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a
tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but
sometimes over the land.
Note: Tall columns, apparently of cloud, and reaching from
the sea to the clouds, are seen moving along, often
several at once, sometimes straight and vertical, at
other times inclined and tortuous, but always in rapid
rotation. At their bases, the sea is violently agitated
and heaped up with a leaping or boiling motion, water,
at least in some cases, being actually carried up in
considerable quantity, and scattered round from a great
height, as solid bodies are by tornadoes on land. --Sir
J. Herschel.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Roll over ‐ make a rolling motion or turn; "The dog…
- Arbutus unedo ‐ small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet…
- Inflammatory bowel disease ‐ inflammation of…
- Holmes ‐ a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle [n] English…
- Roister ‐ engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing…
- Chicken broth ‐ a stock made…
- Pseudocolus ‐ a genus of fungi belonging to the family…
- Ulmus serotina ‐ autumn-flowering elm of southeastern…
- Nugatory ‐ of no real value; "a…
- Black cypress pine ‐ Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous…