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whirlpool definition

whirl·pool (hwʉrl′po̵̅o̅l′, wʉrl′-)

noun

  1. water in rapid, violent, whirling motion caused by two meeting currents, by winds meeting tides, etc. and tending to form a circle into which floating objects are drawn; vortex or eddy of water
  2. anything like a whirlpool, as in violent motion
  3. ☆ a bath, as used in hydrotherapy, in which an agitating device propels a current of warm water with a swirling motion
    in full whirlpool bath

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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