Library / English Dictionary

WHIRLPOOL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Synonyms:

maelstrom; vortex; whirlpool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whirlpool"):

Charybdis ((Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla)

Derivation:

whirlpool (flow in a circular current, of liquids)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flow in a circular current, of liquids

Synonyms:

eddy; purl; swirl; whirl; whirlpool

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "whirlpool" is one way to...):

course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

whirlpool (a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides))

Credits