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  1. The earliest known use of the noun rainstorm is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for rainstorm is from 1799, in the writing of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet, critic, and philosopher. rainstorm is formed within English, by compounding.

  2. rainstorm in. Nature topic. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rainstorm /ˈreɪnstɔːm $ -ɔːrm/ noun [ countable] a sudden heavy fall of rain SYN downpour Examples from the Corpus rainstorm • Although they may get flattened by a rainstorm, they quickly recover once the sun comes out.

  3. rainstorm (noun) rainstorm / ˈ reɪnˌstoɚm/ noun. plural rainstorms. Britannica Dictionary definition of RAINSTORM. [count] : a storm that produces rain. RAINSTORM meaning: a storm that produces rain.

  4. A complete guide to the word "RAINSTORM": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  5. Meteorology topic. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rainstorm /ˈreɪnstɔːm $ -ɔːrm/ noun [ countable] a sudden heavy fall of rain SYN downpour Examples from the Corpus rainstorm • Although they may get flattened by a rainstorm, they quickly recover once the sun comes out.

  6. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rainstorm rainstorm / ˈreɪnstɔːm $ -ɔːrm / noun [countable] DN a sudden heavy fall of rain SYN downpour Examples from the Corpus rainstorm • Although they may get flattened by a rainstorm, they quickly recover once the sun comes out.

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  8. Precipitation: stormy weather. Examples from literature. (Definition of rainstorm from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) rainstorm | Intermediate English. noun [ C ] us / ˈreɪnˌstɔrm / Add to word list. a period with strong winds and heavy rain.

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