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- pronunciation:
- vor
teks
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
vortexes, vortices |
| definition 1: |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn.
Debris swirled in the vortex of the tornado. |
| definition 2: |
any situation that resembles a whirlpool in its violent or chaotic activity, capacity to attract and engulf, or the like.
- similar words:
- maelstrom
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| related words: |
maelstrom, whirl |
adjective + (n.)vortex
alternating, atmospheric, giant, impetuous, knotted, leading, linked, polar, swirling, temporal, thin, tiny, trailing, whirling
verb + (n.)vortex
catch, create, drag, draw, encounter, enter, generate, spiral, suck, sweep, swirl, trap, tumble, wake, whirl
(n.)vortex
+ verb
consume, emerge, explode, form, lower, shed, spin, surround, vanish
noun + (n.)vortex
edge, energy, enterprise, formation, interaction, mystery, pair, pattern, phase, phenomenon, spot, storm, structure, tornado, wake
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| derivations: |
vortical (adj.), vortically (adv.) |
The word vortex
contains the following part:
vers, vert
Latin
root
that means to turn; to be occupied with
  Example words:
adversary, adversative, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advertisement, animadversion, animadvert, anniversary, averse, aversion, avert, controversial, controversy, controvert, conversable, conversant, conversation, converse1, convert, converter, convertible, covert, divers, diverse, diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divorce, eversion, evert, extraversion, extroversion, extrovert, inadvertence, inadvertent, intervertebral, introversion, introvert, inverse, inversion, invert, invertebrate, inverter, irreversible, malversation, obverse, perverse, perversion, perversity, pervert, reconvert, revers, reversal, reverse, reversible, reversion, revert, subversion, subvert, tergiversate, transversal, transverse, traverse, universalism, universality, universe, university, versatile, versatility, verse, versicle, version, verso, versus, vertebral, vertebrate, vertex, vertical, verticil, vertiginous, vice versa, vortex
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