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cyclone

cy·clone
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahy-klohn]
    • /ˈsaɪ kloʊn/
    • /ˈsaɪ.kləʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sahy-klohn]
    • /ˈsaɪ kloʊn/

Definitions of cyclone word

  • countable noun cyclone A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round. 3
  • noun cyclone a violent tropical storm; hurricane 3
  • adjective cyclone (of fencing) made of interlaced wire and metal 3
  • noun cyclone a windstorm with a violent, whirling movement; tornado or hurricane 3
  • noun cyclone a system of rotating winds over a vast area, spinning inward to a low pressure center (counterclockwise in the N Hemisphere) and generally causing stormy weather: commonly called a low, since it coexists with low barometric pressure 3
  • noun cyclone A cyclone is a vessel for removing solids from a gas, using a fast rotating flow. 3
See all 16 definitions of cyclone

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Parts of speech for Cyclone

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Cyclone

cyclone popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for cyclone

noun cyclone

  • twister — a person or thing that twists.
  • windstorm — a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation.
  • typhoon — a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
  • tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
  • hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
All 9 Synonyms of cyclone

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Related words

  • tropical cyclone

    a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.

  • anticyclone

    An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.

  • cyclonal

    of or like a cyclone.

  • cyclonic

    of or relating to a cyclone.

  • frontal cyclone

    any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
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