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wedge tornado

wedge tornado noun: a tornado that is at least as wide as it is tall, on the ground level as well as on the cloud base, looking very massive, often opposed to a rope tornado.

wedge tornado: a tornado that is at least as wide as it is tall, on the ground level as well as on the cloud base,...
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Noun

wedge tornado (plural wedge tornadoes)

  1. A tornado that is at least as wide as it is tall, on the ground level as well as on the cloud base, looking very massive, often opposed to a rope tornado.

Forms of wedge tornado

pluralwedge tornadoes

Questions about wedge tornado

What does wedge tornado mean?
Wedge tornado means a tornado that is at least as wide as it is tall, on the ground level as well as on the cloud base, looking very massive, often opposed to a rope tornado.
What part of speech is wedge tornado?
Wedge tornado is a noun.
What is the plural of wedge tornado?
The plural of wedge tornado is wedge tornadoes.

Words near wedge tornado in the dictionary

  1. wedge shells
  2. wedge sum
  3. wedge sums
  4. wedge tomb
  5. wedge tombs
  6. wedge tornado
  7. wedge tornadoes
  8. wedge up
  9. wedge writing
  10. wedge-and-dash
  11. wedge-feeder

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