tornillo
noun
tor·nil·lo
| \ tȯr-ˈnē-(ˌ)yō
, -ˈni-(ˌ)lō
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, -ˈni-(ˌ)lō
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plural tornillos
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The team — from Boise State University, Stanford, and the Instituto Geofísico of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional — suspect that these tornillos might be kicked off by small explosions or toots of gas at the bottom of the volcano. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Why this volcano in Ecuador sounds like it’s breathing," 13 June 2018 These new sounds create a waveform that twists to a point like a screw — so the researchers called them tornillos, Spanish for screw. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Why this volcano in Ecuador sounds like it’s breathing," 13 June 2018 Some other volcano news from this week’s GVP report: Colombia: The tornillos recorded at Galeras last week that prompted an elevation of the threat level to Orange, suggesting that an eruption was coming soon, stopped on January 30 with no eruption. — Erik Klemetti, WIRED, "Kirishima and Sakurajima seen from space (and more!)," 3 Feb. 2011These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tornillo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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