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tropical storm

tropical storm noun: a cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.

tropical storm: a cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its...
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Noun

tropical storm (plural tropical storms)

  1. A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
    • Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.

tropical storm meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

tropical storm in Tamil

வெப்பமண்டலப் புயல்கள்

tropical storm in Tagalog

cyclone
unos tropiko

Forms of tropical storm

pluraltropical storms

Questions about tropical storm

What does tropical storm mean?
Tropical storm means a cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
What is tropical storm in Tamil?
Tropical storm in Tamil is வெப்பமண்டலப் புயல்கள். See Tropical storm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tropical storm?
Tropical storm is a noun.
What is the plural of tropical storm?
The plural of tropical storm is tropical storms.

Words near tropical storm in the dictionary

  1. tropical reed
  2. tropical reeds
  3. tropical rock
  4. tropical splenomegaly syndrome
  5. tropical sprue
  6. tropical storm
  7. tropical storms
  8. tropical sweet potato
  9. tropical theileriosis
  10. tropical ulcer
  11. tropical ulcers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tropical storm (page history and authors); tropical storm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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