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rainspout

US/ˈɹeɪnˌspaʊt/

rainspout noun: a spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.

Noun

rainspout (plural rainspouts)

  1. A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
    • We savor the flash of tangerine butterflies or the changing afternoon shadows on the courtyard's yellow ocher walls, made all the more intriguing by protruding stone rainspouts.2007, Karen Witynski, Joe P. Carr, Hacienda Courtyards, page 26

Forms of rainspout

pluralrainspouts

Origin of rainspout

From rain + spout.

Questions about rainspout

What does rainspout mean?
Rainspout means a spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
What part of speech is rainspout?
Rainspout is a noun.
How do you pronounce rainspout?
Rainspout is pronounced /ˈɹeɪnˌspaʊt/ (US).
What is the plural of rainspout?
The plural of rainspout is rainspouts.

Words near rainspout in the dictionary

  1. rainshowers
  2. rainslicker
  3. rainslickers
  4. rainsoaked
  5. rainsome
  6. rainspout
  7. rainspouts
  8. rainsquall
  9. rainsqualls
  10. rainstick
  11. rainsticks

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