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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tor•na•do /tɔrˈneɪdoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -does, -dos. - Meteorologya violently destructive windstorm occurring over local areas of land, having a long, funnel-shaped cloud that extends to the ground.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tor•na•do (tôr nā′dō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -does, -dos. - a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Cf. waterspout (def. 3).
- a violent squall or whirlwind of small extent, as one of those occurring during the summer on the west coast of Africa.
- a violent outburst, as of emotion or activity.
- Military([cap.]) a supersonic, two-seat, multipurpose military aircraft produced jointly by West Germany, Britain, and Italy and capable of flying in darkness and bad weather.
- Latin tonāre to thunder; replacing 16th-century ternado, with unexplained e
- Spanish tronada thunderstorm, noun, nominal use of feminine of tronado, past participle of tronar
- 1550–60; apparently by metathesis
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tornado /tɔːˈneɪdəʊ/ n ( pl -does, -dos)- Also called: cyclone, (US and Canadian informal) twister a violent storm with winds whirling around a small area of extremely low pressure, usually characterized by a dark funnel-shaped cloud causing damage along its path
- a small but violent squall or whirlwind, such as those occurring on the West African coast
- any violently active or destructive person or thing
Etymology: 16th Century: probably alteration of Spanish tronada thunderstorm (from tronar to thunder, from Latin tonāre), through influence of tornar to turn, from Latin tornāre to turn in a lathetornadic /tɔːˈnædɪk/ adj |