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rainscreen

rainscreen noun: synonym of rainshade.

Noun

rainscreen (plural rainscreens)

  1. Synonym of rainshade.
    Synonyms:
    rainshade
  2. the exterior weather-facing surface of an exterior wall

Synonyms of rainscreen

Forms of rainscreen

pluralrainscreens

Origin of rainscreen

From rain + screen. Compare German Regenschirm (“umbrella”, literally “rain-screen”).

Questions about rainscreen

What does rainscreen mean?
Rainscreen means synonym of rainshade.
What part of speech is rainscreen?
Rainscreen is a noun.
What is the plural of rainscreen?
The plural of rainscreen is rainscreens.

Words near rainscreen in the dictionary

  1. rains stair rods
  2. rainscald
  3. rainscape
  4. rainscapes
  5. rainscaping
  6. rainscreen
  7. rainscreens
  8. Rainsford
  9. rainshade
  10. rainshades
  11. rainshadow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rainscreen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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