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tourbillions

tourbillions is the plural of tourbillion.

Meaning of tourbillion

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

Questions about tourbillions

What is tourbillions the plural of?
Tourbillions is the plural of tourbillion.

Words near tourbillions in the dictionary

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

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