- downpour
- nounADJECTIVE▪ heavy, torrential▪ relentless, steady▪ sudden▪ tropicalPREPOSITION▪ in downpour▪
We got caught in a torrential downpour.
PHRASES▪ a downpour of rain
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Downpour — may refer to: Heavy rain Downpour (album), a 1999 music album by Mannafest Downpour , a song from Unbreakable (Backstreet Boys album) A fictional superhero in the animated series Justice League Unlimited Silent Hill: Downpour, the eighth… … Wikipedia
Downpour — Down pour , n. A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
downpour — 1811, from DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.) + POUR (Cf. pour) … Etymology dictionary
downpour — [n] tremendous pouring of rain cloudburst, deluge, drencher, flood, inundation, monsoon, rainstorm, storm, torrential rain; concept 526 Ant. sprinkle … New thesaurus
downpour — ► NOUN ▪ a heavy fall of rain … English terms dictionary
downpour — [doun′pôr΄] n. a heavy rain … English World dictionary
downpour — n. a brief; steady; sudden; torrential downpour * * * steady sudden torrential downpour a brief … Combinatory dictionary
downpour — [[t]da͟ʊnpɔː(r)[/t]] downpours N COUNT A downpour is a sudden and unexpected heavy fall of rain. ...sheltering from a sudden downpour of rain. Syn: cloudburst … English dictionary
downpour — UK [ˈdaʊnˌpɔː(r)] / US [ˈdaʊnˌpɔr] noun [countable] Word forms downpour : singular downpour plural downpours a large amount of rain that falls quickly … English dictionary
downpour — noun /daʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/ A heavy rain. They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked. Syn: cloudburst, deluge, rain, rainstorm, storm, wet, torrent … Wiktionary
