vortexnoun
uk/ˈvɔː.teks/us/ˈvɔːr.t̬eks/plural vortexes or vortices uk/-tɪ.siːz/us/-t̬ə-/[ C ] specialized environment a mass of air or water that spins around very fast and pulls objects into its empty centre
[ C usually singular ] literary a dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more involved and from which you cannot escape:
I was sucked into a vortex of despair.
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- westerly
- wind gauge
- windsock
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