rainstorm
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪnstɔːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪnstɔɹm/
- Rhymes: -eɪnstɔː(ɹ)m
Noun
[edit]rainstorm (plural rainstorms)
- A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- Philander went into the next room […] and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
- 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
- To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.
Translations
[edit]storm characterized by substantial rainfall
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- en:Rain
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