Main Entry:

wa·ter·spout

Pronunciation:

\ˈwȯ-tər-ˌspau̇t, ˈwä-\

Function:

noun

Date:

14th century

1 : a pipe, duct, or orifice from which water is spouted or through which it is carried 2 : a funnel-shaped or tubular column of rotating cloud-filled wind usually extending from the underside of a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling winds from the surface of an ocean or lake