WATERSPOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waterspout mean? 

• WATERSPOUT (noun)
  The noun WATERSPOUT has 3 senses:

1. a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist

2. a heavy rain

3. a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)

  Familiarity information: WATERSPOUT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATERSPOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("waterspout" is a kind of...):

tornado; twister (a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A heavy rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

cloudburst; deluge; downpour; pelter; soaker; torrent; waterspout

Hypernyms ("waterspout" is a kind of...):

rain; rainfall (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("waterspout" is a kind of...):

conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)