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Downpour
[
doun
-pawr
,
-pohr
]
Origin
down·pour
/
ˈdaʊnˌpɔr
,
-ˌpoʊr
/
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[
doun
-pawr
,
-pohr
]
Show IPA
noun
a heavy, drenching rain.
Origin:
1805–15;
down
1
+
pour
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downpour
(ˈdaʊnˌpɔː)
—
n
a heavy continuous fall of rain
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
downpour
1811, from
down
(adv.) +
pour
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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