WATERSPOUT


Meaning of WATERSPOUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwȯ-tər-ˌspau̇t, ˈwä- ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1. : a pipe, duct, or orifice from which water is spouted or through which it is carried

2. : a funnel-shaped or tubular column of rotating cloud-filled wind usually extending from the underside of a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling winds from the surface of an ocean or lake

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.