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rope tornado

rope tornado noun: a tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.

rope tornado: a tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado
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Noun

rope tornado (plural rope tornadoes)

  1. A tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.

Forms of rope tornado

pluralrope tornadoes

Origin of rope tornado

From rope + tornado, from the thin, ropelike appearance of the funnel cloud.

Questions about rope tornado

What does rope tornado mean?
Rope tornado means a tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.
What part of speech is rope tornado?
Rope tornado is a noun.
What is the plural of rope tornado?
The plural of rope tornado is rope tornadoes.

Words near rope tornado in the dictionary

  1. rope runners
  2. rope stitch
  3. rope stitches
  4. rope swing
  5. rope swings
  6. rope tornado
  7. rope tornadoes
  8. rope trick
  9. rope tricks
  10. rope twist
  11. rope twists

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