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Meaning of typhoon

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

typhoon

Pronunciation:/taɪˈfuːn//taɪˈfun/

noun

Definitions

  1. A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

verb

Definitions

  1. To swirl like a hurricane.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/typhoon

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