► rain water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky: There has been no rain for weeks. Let’s wait here until the rain stops.
► shower a short period of rain: More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
► drizzle light rain with very small drops of water: A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
► downpour a lot of rain that falls in a short period: I walked back to my apartment in the downpour and got soaking wet.
► storm a period of very bad weather with a lot of wind and rain, and sometimes thunder and lightning: The storm caused flooding.
► sleet a mixture of snow and rain: It was cold, and the rain was mixed with sleet.
► hail frozen rain that falls in the form of hailstones (=small balls of ice): The hail destroyed many of the country’s crops.
► raindrop a single drop of rain: As we sat down on the beach, I felt a few raindrops fall on my face.
► rainfall the amount of rain that falls somewhere: The average rainfall in Seattle is about 36 inches a year.