maelstrom

English Thesaurus

1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) (noun.event)

hypernym	:	current, stream,
definition	:	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (noun.event)

hyponym	:	charybdis,
definition	:	(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla (noun.event)

derivation	:	eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool,
definition	:	flow in a circular current, of liquids (verb.motion)

derivation	:	eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool,
definition	:	flow in a circular current, of liquids (verb.motion)