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tourbillion

tourbillion noun: an ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.

Noun

tourbillion (plural tourbillions)

  1. (archaic) An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.
    • This azure Vault has a greater Depth and a vaster Extent , and that ' tis divided into a thousand and a thousand different Tourbillions or Whirlings1700, Mrs. Behn (translator), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, The Theory Or System of Several New Inhabited Worlds Lately Discover'd
    • Clem knew ... the sober, familiar names usually produced the most interesting results. He laid out a certain amount on Roman Candles, Catherine-wheels, and Tourbillions, but for the most part he rightly concentrated on rockets.1939, Jan Struther, “Guy Fawkes' Day”, in Mrs. Miniver

Forms of tourbillion

pluraltourbillions

Origin of tourbillion

See tourbillon.

Questions about tourbillion

What does tourbillion mean?
Tourbillion means an ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.
What part of speech is tourbillion?
Tourbillion is a noun.
What is the plural of tourbillion?
The plural of tourbillion is tourbillions.

Words near tourbillion in the dictionary

  1. Touranian
  2. Touranians
  3. Tourat
  4. Touray
  5. Tourays
  6. tourbillion
  7. tourbillions
  8. tourbillon
  9. tourbillons
  10. tourbus
  11. tourbuses

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