STORM CENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does storm center mean? 

• STORM CENTER (noun)
  The noun STORM CENTER has 2 senses:

1. a center of trouble or disturbance

2. the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm

  Familiarity information: STORM CENTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORM CENTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A center of trouble or disturbance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

storm center; storm centre

Hypernyms ("storm center" is a kind of...):

commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

storm center; storm centre

Hypernyms ("storm center" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

Holonyms ("storm center" is a part of...):

storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)