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Strudel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gyre noun A swirling vortex.
  • maelstrom noun A large, violent whirlpool.
  • strudel noun A pastry made of thin rolled layers of dough wrapped around a sweet filling, often apple.
  • vortex noun A spinning mass of air, water, or other matter that pulls things toward its centre, such as a whirlpool or whirlwind.
  • whirl verb To spin or turn around quickly.
  • whirlpool noun A powerful, swirling current of water that pulls objects toward its centre.

Senses

Strudel is used for these senses in English:

  • gyre A swirling vortex.
  • maelstrom A large and violent whirlpool.
  • strudel (countable, and, uncountable) A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.
  • vortex (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
  • whirl A rapid series of events.
  • whirlpool A swirling body of water.

gyre — full definition

  1. noun A swirling vortex.
  2. noun A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
  3. noun Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
  4. noun An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.

maelstrom — full definition

  1. noun A large, violent whirlpool.
  2. noun A chaotic, turbulent, or overwhelming situation.

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