tornado
1. tornado, zračni vrtinec, vrtinčast vihar
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth [več ali manj navpični stolpec zraka, ki se vrti sam okoli sebe, ko se premika po zemeljski površini.]
2. tornado, lijakast vihar
a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground [lokalizirana in nasilno uničujoča vetrovna nevihta, ki se pojavlja nad kopnim in jo zaznamuje oblaček v obliki lijakaste cevi, ki sega proti tlem]
3. tornado, orkan, tropski ciklon
a violent rotating windstorm [močan vrtinčasti vetrovi nevihtnega značaja]