downpour

[doun-pawr, -pohr]

noun

1. a heavy, drenching rain.

downpour

/ ˈdaʊnˌpɔː /

noun

1. a heavy continuous fall of rain

Word History and Origins

Origin of downpour¹

First recorded in 1805–15; down ¹ + pour

Example Sentences

Heavier downpours might materialize in some locations, forecasters said.

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"The tents endured two years under the sun and two years under the rain and they couldn't last this downpour."

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The downpour was so heavy because it pulled in moisture all the way from Hawaii as it rotated, said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

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“Briefly heavy downpours could cause localized flash flooding and debris flows in recent burn scars.”

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The record-setting rain was the result of an unusually wet weekend that saw scattered showers turning into heavy downpours on Saturday.

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Related Words

• deluge 
• flood 
• monsoon 
• rainstorm 
• storm