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typhoons

typhoons is the plural of typhoon.

typhoons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of typhoon.

Meaning of typhoon

Noun

typhoon (plural typhoons)

  1. A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
  2. A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.
    • Near-synonyms: cyclone (narrow sense), hurricane
    Synonyms:
    cyclone, hurricane

See all 5 meanings of typhoon

Noun capitalized: Typhoons

Typhoons

  1. (plural) plural of Typhoon

Questions about typhoons

What is typhoons the plural of?
Typhoons is the plural of typhoon.
What part of speech is typhoons?
Typhoons is a noun.

Words near typhoons in the dictionary

  1. typhoonic
  2. typhooning
  3. typhoonish
  4. typhoonlike
  5. typhoonproof
  6. typhoons
  7. typhopneumonia
  8. typhos
  9. typhose
  10. typhotoxin
  11. typhotoxine

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