WHIRLPOOL
\wˈɜːlpuːl], \wˈɜːlpuːl], \w_ˈɜː_l_p_uː_l]\
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An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
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A sea monster of the whale kind.
By Oddity Software
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An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
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A sea monster of the whale kind.
By Noah Webster.
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A current of water whirling round so as to make a hollow in the center into which objects may be drawn.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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