WHIRLPOOL


Meaning of WHIRLPOOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhwər(-ə)l-ˌpül, ˈwər(-ə)l- ]

noun

Date: 1529

1.

a. : a confused tumult and bustle : whirl

b. : a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed

refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue — A. D. White

2.

a. : water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn : eddy , vortex

b. : whirlpool bath

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