Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tropical storm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: trop-i-cal s-torm
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.

Example Sentences

"Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today."

Inflected Forms

tropical storms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tropical depression hurricane typhoon cyclone

Questions

What does tropical storm mean?: A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.

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