Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waterspout

3 senses of waterspout

Sense 1
waterspout -- (a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist)
       => tornado, twister -- (a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground)

Sense 2
downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker -- (a heavy rain)
       => rain, rainfall -- (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)

Sense 3
waterspout -- (a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof))
       => conduit -- (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits")