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TYPHOON

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Dictionary entry overview: What does typhoon mean?

• TYPHOON (noun)
The noun TYPHOON has 1 sense:

1. a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

Familiarity information: TYPHOON used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TYPHOON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

cyclone (a violent rotating windstorm)

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