downpour
pronunciation
How to pronounce downpour in British English:
UK [ˈdaʊnpɔː(r)]
How to pronounce downpour in American English:
US [ˈdaʊnpɔːr]
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- Noun:
- a heavy rain
Word Origin
- downpour (n.)
- 1811, from verbal phrase, down (adv.) + pour (v.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. To recall departures , a bitter downpour
- 2. This year saw an even more devastating downpour .
- 3. So how can the insects fly through a downpour and come out alive ?
- 4. Here , beijing resident reece ayers , a 20-year-old intern from england , describes saturday 's downpour .
- 5. Like a man with a broken umbrella trying to hail a cab in a downpour , the maker of the famous black london taxi is clinging to its last shreds of hope .