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earthstorm

earthstorm noun: an extremely powerful earthquake; a storm involving earth or rock blowing through the air.

Noun

earthstorm (plural earthstorms)

  1. An extremely powerful earthquake; a storm involving earth or rock blowing through the air.
    • This earthquake was an earthstorm. Hills were waves, and houses cast adrift were wrecked on them.1931, Charles Fort, “Lo!”, in The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover Publications, published 1974, →ISBN, page 768
    • There is an earthstorm, disks of rock careering skyward, buffeting the train.2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Del Rey, →ISBN

Forms of earthstorm

pluralearthstorms

Origin of earthstorm

From earth + storm.

Questions about earthstorm

What does earthstorm mean?
Earthstorm means an extremely powerful earthquake; a storm involving earth or rock blowing through the air.
What part of speech is earthstorm?
Earthstorm is a noun.
What is the plural of earthstorm?
The plural of earthstorm is earthstorms.

Words near earthstorm in the dictionary

  1. earthstar
  2. earthstars
  3. earthstopper
  4. earthstoppers
  5. earthstopping
  6. earthstorm
  7. earthstorms
  8. earthtongue
  9. earthtongues
  10. earthup
  11. earthwall

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