Found 2 items, similar to maelstrom.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: maelstrom maelstrom n : a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Maelstrom Maelstrom \Mael"strom\, n. [Norw., a whirlpool.] 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. Hence: any large or powerful whirlpool. Syn: whirlpool, vortex. [1913 Webster] 2. Also (Fig.) An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice. [1913 Webster +PJC]