NOUN | phenomenon | windstorm | a storm consisting of violent winds |
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Sounds | wih'ndstao.rm | |
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Rhymes | barnstorm ... warm: 29 rhymes with aorm... |
Meaning | A storm consisting of violent winds. | |
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Narrower | cyclone | A violent rotating windstorm |
dust storm, duster, sandstorm, sirocco | A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | |
tempest | (literary) a violent wind | |
whirlwind | A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth | |
Broader | storm, violent storm | A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning |
Spanish | vendaval |
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