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# whirlpool

«whirlpool» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place in a river or the sea where water spins round and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a whirlpool, whirlpools)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A whirlpool is a place in a river or the sea where water spins round and round very fast, and can pull things down into it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#m1)

2) A whirlpool (or whirlpool bath, hot tub) is a bath where warm water swirls around. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, whirlpools form where currents meet, tides rush through narrow channels, or water flows round rocks; famous ones include the Corryvreckan in Scotland and the one below Niagara Falls. In water safety lessons, children learn to stay away from whirlpools and fast water. In myths and stories, sailors fear giant whirlpools (Charybdis). A small whirlpool forms when you pull the plug in a bath.

### examples

- A whirlpool spun in the river below the waterfall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x1)
- The boat was pulled toward the whirlpool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x2)
- Water makes a little whirlpool going down the plughole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x3)
- Stay away from whirlpools — they can drag you under. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x4)
- In the myth, a monster made a giant whirlpool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x5)
- Stir the water fast to make a whirlpool in the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x6)
- Mum relaxed in the whirlpool bath at the spa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x7)
- So she passed quickly through the wood and the marsh, and between the rushing whirlpools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/#x8)

### note

Plural: whirlpools. One word: whirl + pool. Myth: water always spins one way down the plughole because of the Earth — in fact the shape of the sink matters much more.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whirlpool» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whirlpool/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.