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[ doun-pawr, -pohr ] / ˈdaʊnˌpɔr, -ˌpoʊr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR downpour ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of downpourFirst recorded in 1805–15; down1 + pour Words nearby downpourdown on one's luck, Downpatrick, down payment, downpipe, downplay, downpour, down quark, downrange, downrate, downregulation, downrigger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for downpourJust don’t send it off down the street during a torrential downpour. Five classic paper toys you can make when you’re bored (whether you’re in school or not)|John Kennedy|October 7, 2020|Popular Science Then the air suddenly turns still, the downpour stops, and the sky transforms from grey to turquoise. Want to Write a Book? Go to Iceland|Adam LeBor|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Noting that a downpour has ended, Ringo gets a roar of laughter when he quips “I just said stop and it did.” Ringo Starr Is Selling His Pictures and Donating the Proceeds to Charities|Blake Gopnik|June 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Last week, the distant rumblings became a downpour after the dismissal of an early favorite, Pia Toscano. The American Idol Implosion|Richard Rushfield|April 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The downpour rapidly grew heavier, accompanied by lightning and thunder. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea|Janet Aldridge The people smiled happily in all their discomfort from the downpour. The Torrent|Vicente Blasco Ibaez They saw no signs of watch-fires, for these would long since have been quenched by the downpour. With Lee in Virginia|G. A. Henty Columbia was struck by a severe electric storm accompanied by a downpour of rain on Tuesday evening. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado|Logan Marshall The downpour was increasing, and beating now a regular tattoo upon the gutter-way. The Devil Doctor|Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for downpour
nouna heavy continuous fall of rain Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to downpourflood, deluge, storm, monsoon, rainstorm, inundation, cloudburst, drencher |