DOWNPOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downpour mean? 

• DOWNPOUR (noun)
  The noun DOWNPOUR has 1 sense:

1. a heavy rain

  Familiarity information: DOWNPOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWNPOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

cloudburst; deluge; downpour; pelter; soaker; torrent; waterspout

Hypernyms ("downpour" is a kind of...):

rain; rainfall (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)

 Context examples 

Also, she could build a fire of wet wood in a downpour of rain and not lose her temper.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It quickened with ambition under the dreary downpour of last winter, fought the violent early spring, flowered, and lured the insects and the bees, scattered its seeds, squared itself with its duty and the world, and—

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)