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- pronunciation:
- vor
teks
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
vortexes, vortices |
| definition 1: |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn.
Debris swirled in the vortex of the tornado. |
| definition 2: |
any situation that resembles a whirlpool in its violent or chaotic activity, capacity to attract and engulf, or the like.
- similar words:
- maelstrom
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| related words: |
maelstrom, whirl |
| derivations: |
vortical (adj.), vortically (adv.) |
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