funnel cloud

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funnel cloud (plural funnel clouds)

  1. (meteorology) A tapering, rapidly rotating cloud descending from a larger storm cloud, indicating the presence of an intense vortex. A tornado is a funnel cloud which reaches the ground.
    When we saw the funnel cloud, we headed for the basement.

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