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My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!
Edie Brickell

Meaning of "tornado" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TORNADO

Probably alteration of Spanish tronada thunderstorm (from tronar to thunder, from Latin tonāre), through influence of tornar to turn, from Latin tornāre to turn in a lathe.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TORNADO

tornado  [tɔːˈneɪdəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORNADO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tornado is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TORNADO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tornado

Tornado

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology, in a wider sense, to name any closed low pressure circulation. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour, are about 250 feet across, and travel a few miles before dissipating. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour, stretch more than two miles across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles. Various types of tornadoes include the landspout, multiple vortex tornado, and waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped wind current, connecting to a large cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.

Definition of tornado in the English dictionary

The first definition of tornado in the dictionary is Also called: cyclone, twister. a violent storm with winds whirling around a small area of extremely low pressure, usually characterized by a dark funnel-shaped cloud causing damage along its path. Other definition of tornado is a small but violent squall or whirlwind, such as those occurring on the West African coast. Tornado is also any violently active or destructive person or thing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TORNADO


alfredo
ælˈfreɪdəʊ
ambuscado
ˌæmbəˈskeɪdəʊ
bastinado
ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ
carbonado
ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ
concedo
kɒnˈkeɪdəʊ
crusado
kruːˈseɪdəʊ
cruzado
kruːˈzeɪdəʊ
dado
ˈdeɪdəʊ
dido
ˈdaɪdəʊ
fido
ˈfaɪdəʊ
fumado
fjuːˈmeɪdəʊ
gambado
ɡæmˈbeɪdəʊ
Hokkaido
hɒˈkaɪdəʊ
Laredo
ləˈreɪdəʊ
Play-Doh
ˈpleɪdəʊ
reformado
ˌrefəˈmeɪdəʊ
scalado
skəˈleɪdəʊ
strappado
strəˈpeɪdəʊ
Toledo
tɒˈleɪdəʊ
widow
ˈwɪdəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TORNADO

tormentil
tormenting
tormentingly
tormentor
tormentum
tormina
torminal
torminous
torn
tornadic
tornado-like
tornillo
toro
toroid
toroidal
toroidally
Toronto
Toronto Blessing
Torontonian
torose

WORDS THAT END LIKE TORNADO

adelantado
ado
afficionado
aficionado
avocado
Colorado
Delgado
dorado
El Dorado
eldorado
enamorado
Machado
Manado
Menado
mikado
passado
Prado
privado
sado
soldado

Synonyms and antonyms of tornado in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TORNADO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tornado» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tornado

Translation of «tornado» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TORNADO

Find out the translation of tornado to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tornado from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tornado» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

龙卷风
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tornado
570 millions of speakers

English

tornado
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बवंडर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِعْصَارٌ قُمْعِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

торнадо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tornado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘূর্ণিঝড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tornade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puting beliung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tornado
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

竜巻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토네이도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tornado
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơn lốc xoáy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூறாவளியினால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुफानी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kasırga
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tornado
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tornado
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торнадо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tornadă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σίφουνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tornado
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tromb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tornado
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tornado

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TORNADO»

The term «tornado» is very widely used and occupies the 9.404 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TORNADO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tornado

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10 QUOTES WITH «TORNADO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tornado.
1
Francis Alys
In the eye of the tornado, there's no more high and low, no floor and sky.
2
Francis Alys
We've lost control of this planet somewhere. There's an echo in that kind of tornado situation, where you're powerless facing those phenomena.
3
Spencer Bachus
Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk.
4
Edie Brickell
My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!
5
Mick Cornett
I've never seen a tornado and I've lived in Oklahoma City basically my whole life. It's not like we're infested with them on a continual basis. But you learn to live with the warnings. And you learn what to do if one is coming your way. And then you cross your fingers and make the best judgments you can.
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar
The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that.
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Greg MacGillivray
At first, the tornado is nearly invisible. Against the sky, it's white on white.
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Marilyn Manson
My art is not limited to the songs I create but also to the reaction it creates. I like to sit back and look at the whole thing as if it's a tornado that I'm controlling. It's creating chaos. When you create chaos, ideas are turned upside down, and everybody looks at things in a different way.
9
John Piper
If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.
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Bernie Sanders
In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in Louisiana, the people of Vermont are there for them. If there's a tornado in the Midwest, we are there for them. If there's flooding in the East Coast, the people in California are there for us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORNADO»

Discover the use of tornado in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tornado and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tornado
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life, along with its doghouse, by another tornado when he was a boy. Reprint.
Betsy Byars, 2004
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Introduction to Tornado
This book shows you why Tornado is fantastic choice for writing powerful applications that are simple to create, extend, and deploy.
Michael Dory, Adam Parrish, Brendan Berg, 2012
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Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains
Details the history of the study of tornadoes and the thunderstorms that spawn them, and documents encounters with tornadoes
Howard B. Bluestein, 2006
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Tornado
Describes how tornadoes are formed, the conditions that exist in tornadoes, the harmful and beneficial effects of these storms, and their impact on humans, plants, and animals.
Catherine Chambers, 2007
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Inside the Tornado
This is a challenging lesson to apply but Geoffrey Moore uses inspiring examples from market-leading firms to illuminate every dimension of managing a market-focused business strategy.
Geoffrey A. Moore, 1995
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Tornado!: The Story Behind These Twisting, Turning, ...
Presents information about tornadoes and the damage that they can cause, with facts, scientific explanations, photographs, first-person accounts, and historical reports of deadly tornadoes.
Judith Bloom Fradin, Dennis B. Fradin, 2011
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The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm
A guide to tornado formation and lifecycle also covers such topics as forecasting, wind speeds, tornado myths, tornado safety, risks, and records, along with accounts of the deadliest tornadoes in the United States.
T. P. Grazulis, 2003
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Tornado Warning: A Memoir of Teen Dating Violence and Its ...
Tornado Warning is the true, honest portrait of how he whittled her down—with words, hands, and weapons—from a confident teen to the shadow of a woman. But Stebbins Waldal offers more.
Elin Stebbins Waldal, 2011
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Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm
Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahm's incredibly versatile musical career, as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes turbulent personal life and loves.
Jan Reid, Shawn Sahm, 2010
10
Tornado!
Perform this script about a tornado that is heading towards a home.
Amanda Jenkins, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORNADO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tornado is used in the context of the following news items.
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Weather service confirms 9 tornadoes, including EF-3 in Coal City
At least nine tornadoes touched down during Monday's round of storms in north central Illinois, the National Weather Service has confirmed, causing severe ... «MyFox Chicago, Jun 15»
2
Tornadoes cause major damage in Berthoud
BERTHOUD, Colo. — Residents in northern Colorado spent Friday assessing damage and cleaning after two tornadoes, strong thunderstorms hail and ... «FOX31 Denver, Jun 15»
3
13 dead after tornado strikes border city in Mexico
(CNN) In six seconds, a tornado ripped through the border city of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, with a ferocity that officials said hasn't been witnessed in more than 100 ... «CNN, May 15»
4
Tornado hits Texas county; 1 killed, 1 critically injured
A tornado that struck Eastland County, west of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, killed one person and injured another critically, according to Walter Fairbanks, chief of ... «CNN, May 15»
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Tornado Hits Delmont, South Dakota; At Least 9 Injured, Town …
Sunday afternoon, residents of Delmont, South Dakota, were evacuated after a tornado ripped through and left the entire town without power, water and ... «The Weather Channel, May 15»
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Severe Weather Recap May 8, 2015: Tornadoes, Destructive Hail …
There is a threat of severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes across a wide area of the Midwest today, and towards the Northeast Monday. «The Weather Channel, May 15»
7
Deadly Tornado Tears Through Northern Illinois
At least one person died and heavy damage was reported after a large tornado swept through northern Illinois, authorities said. One death was reported in ... «ABC News, Apr 15»
8
Tornado Alert in Central US: The Science of Severe Storms
A wide swath of the central United States is at risk of thunderstorms and possible tornadoes over the next couple of days, according to the National Weather ... «Live Science, Apr 15»
9
Watch: KFOR captures Moore tornado touching down live
MOORE, Okla. — KFOR Chief Meteorologist Mike Morgan and Bob Moore Chopper 4 pilot Jon Welsh were on the air as a tornado formed and touched down in ... «kfor.com, Mar 15»
10
At Least Four Dead, 20 Injured After Tornado Strikes Mississippi
Tornadoes swept through the South Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 20 others in Mississippi while damaging homes and businesses, ... «ABC News, Dec 14»

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