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black rain

black rain noun: rain contaminated by fungi spores, soot, or other particulate matter.

Noun

black rain (uncountable)

  1. Rain contaminated by fungi spores, soot, or other particulate matter.
  2. Radioactive rain that fell on Hiroshima following the atomic bombing in 1945.

Questions about black rain

What does black rain mean?
Black rain means rain contaminated by fungi spores, soot, or other particulate matter.
What part of speech is black rain?
Black rain is a noun.

Words near black rain in the dictionary

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  2. black radish
  3. black radishes
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  5. black rage defenses
  6. black rain
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  8. black raspberries
  9. black raspberry
  10. black rat
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