A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

tornado Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with T » topside ... total recall » tornado


tornado
noun tornadoes
    1. meteorol.
      A violently destructive storm characterized by a funnel-shaped rotating column of air which can be seen extending downward from thunder clouds to the ground, tracing a narrow path across the land.
    2. A violent outburst.
Etymology: 16c: altered from Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm', influenced by tornar to turn.



Click Here