waterspout

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	conduit,
definition	:	a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass (noun.artifact)

2. a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	rain, rainfall,
definition	:	water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (noun.phenomenon)

3. a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	tornado, twister,
definition	:	a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground (noun.phenomenon)

4. a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse,
definition	:	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, inundate, submerge,
definition	:	fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream,
definition	:	rain heavily (verb.weather)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	pouring in abundance (adj.all)

derivation	:	douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse,
definition	:	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, inundate, submerge,
definition	:	fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream,
definition	:	rain heavily (verb.weather)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	pouring in abundance (adj.all)