"firenado" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /faɪəˈneɪ.dəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /faɪəɹˈneɪ.doʊ/ [General-American] Forms: firenados [plural], firenadoes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of fire + tornado. By surface analysis, fire + -nado. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|fire|tornado}} Blend of fire + tornado, {{surf|en|fire|-nado}} By surface analysis, fire + -nado Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} firenado (plural firenados or firenadoes)
  1. A fire whirl (a whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires, similar in appearance to a tornado made out of fire). Translations (fire whirl): tornade de feu [feminine] (French), ognisty wir [masculine] (Polish), ognisty diabeł [masculine] (Polish), ogniste tornado [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-firenado-en-noun-7ta9xfJy Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -nado, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Fire Disambiguation of English blends: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nado: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Fire: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'fire whirl': 94 6
  2. A true tornado generated by a firestorm.
    Sense id: en-firenado-en-noun-MC9X-J9O Categories (other): Meteorology, Weather Disambiguation of Meteorology: 39 61 Disambiguation of Weather: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire devil, fire-devil, firedevil, firewhirl, fire-whirl, fire whirl, pillar of fire, pillar of flame

Inflected forms

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