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Definition of Tornado

1. Noun. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.

2. Noun. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive.

Definition of Tornado

1. n. A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.

Definition of Tornado

1. Noun. (meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud. ¹

2. Noun. A rolled pork roast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tornado

1. a violent windstorm [n -DOES or -DOS] : TORNADIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Tornado

1. Origin: From Sp. Or Pg. Tornar to turn, return, L. Tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The Sp. & Pg. Tornada is a return. See Turn. A violent whirling wind; specifically, a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tornado

tormentress tormentresses tormentries tormentrix tormentry torments tormentum tormina torminal torminous

torn torn away tornade tornades tornadic tornado (current term) tornado cellar tornado epilepsy tornado lantern tornadocane

tornadocanes tornadoes tornadolike tornados tornaria tornillo tornillos toro torob toroid

Literary usage of Tornado

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"On Wednesday, February 27, Ellis, the master, and Shultz, the agent, of The tornado, made a contract with the Tow-Boat Association to which The Norman, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Among the most remarkable of the tornado-swept regions of the globe are certain portions of the United States ; and to the ciam ¡nation of these the ..."

3. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The funnel cloud of a tornado is usually associated with the front of the violent ... After a tornado passes, all the characteristics of a violent ..."

4. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The funnel cloud of a tornado is usually associated with the ... After a tornado passes, all the characteristics of a violent thundershower usually appear. ..."

5. Men and Events of Forty Years: Autobiographical Reminiscences of an Active by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Henry Webster Parker (1891)
"Grinnell University and Iowa College — Their building — Progress — Fire — tornado Benefactors — Tribute to their Memory — Other Benefactors — Use of Trust ..."

6. Cases Selected from Those Heard and Determined in the Vice-admiralty Court by Québec (Province). Vice-Admiralty Court (1875)
"tornado—CRAWFORD. Collision by two vessels while sailing, one on the starboard tack, close to the wind, and the other on the port tack : IIM, ..."

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