Eyewall

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.

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"The eye of the cyclone is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of thunderstorms where the most severe weather occurs."

Etymology

From eye + wall.

Related phrases

eyewall mesovortex

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