rainstorm
/ˈɹeɪnstɔːm//ˈɹeɪnstɔɹm/
rainstorm noun: a storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
Noun
rainstorm (plural rainstorms)
- A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
- Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55
rainstorm meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Thai
rainstorm in Tamil
- மழை நிகழ்வு
rainstorm in Tagalog
- storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- ulang-bagyo, buraska
rainstorm in Malay
- storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- hujan ribut
rainstorm in Thai
- storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- พายุฝน paa-yú-fǒn
More languagesFewer languages
- rainstorm in Vietnamese
- mưa bão
Examples of rainstorm in a sentence
- Some of these Southeastern rainstorms are shocking to folks who didn't grow up here.
- Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?
- During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
Forms of rainstorm
| plural | rainstorms |
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Origin of rainstorm
From rain + storm.
Words formed from rainstorm
Words that rhyme with rainstorm
Questions about rainstorm
- What does rainstorm mean?
- Rainstorm means a storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
- What is rainstorm in Tamil?
- Rainstorm in Tamil is மழை நிகழ்வு. See Rainstorm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rainstorm?
- Rainstorm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rainstorm?
- Rainstorm is pronounced /ˈɹeɪnstɔːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rainstorm?
- The plural of rainstorm is rainstorms.
Words near rainstorm in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rainstorm (page history and authors); rainstorm (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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