English > rainstorm: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenonMeaning | A storm with rain. |
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Narrower | line storm, equinoctial storm | A violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox |
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thundershower | A short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning |
Broader | rain, rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
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storm, violent storm | A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning |
Spanish | chaparrón, llovedera, tempestad de lluvia, temporal de lluvias, tormenta |
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Catalan | aiguat, tempesta de pluja, tempesta, temporal de pluges |
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