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downcomes

downcomes is the plural of downcome.

Meaning of downcome

Noun

downcome (plural downcomes)

  1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
    • And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […]1641 May, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished...
  2. In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
  3. A downpour of rain.

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Questions about downcomes

What is downcomes the plural of?
Downcomes is the plural of downcome.

Words near downcomes in the dictionary

  1. downcoding
  2. downcoiler
  3. downcome
  4. downcomer
  5. downcomers
  6. downcomes
  7. downcoming
  8. downconversion
  9. downconversions
  10. downconvert
  11. downconverted

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