tornado
A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
Related words
- gustnado
- snownado
- supertornado
- tornadocane
- tornadoesque
- tornadolike
- tornadoproof
- firenado
- pornado
- volnado
- horse tornado
- rope tornado
Word history
From Latin "tonō" (to thunder).
Where this comes from
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