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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A storm accompanied by rain.

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  • noun A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.

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  • noun a storm with rain

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Examples

  • With the calming effects of subtlety, familiarity and authenticity, J.Crew eases a risk-averse male into new looks, as simple as a madras shirt in a pinkish-reddish/aqua-gray colorway it calls "rainstorm."

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • And a computer simulation of consciousness is no more the real thing than a computer simulation of digestion is an actual digestive process or the computer simulation of a rainstorm is a solution to the drought.

    Sugar and Saline 2009

  • If properly designed, a foul flush device or detachable downpipe is fitted for exclusion of the first 20 litres of runoff during a rainstorm, which is mostly contaminated with dust, leaves, insects and bird droppings.

    Chapter 5 2000

  • A cactus desert in the rare orgy of a rainstorm is a place of wonder.

    Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

  • The Chesapeake Bay Foundation estimates during an average rainstorm, which is 1 inch in 24 hours, more than 700 gallons of water run off the roof of a typical home.

    The Seattle Times 2009

  • This is the kind of rainstorm where you get the feeling it won't ever stop - I'm looking at a Blade Runner future here, with everything just falling apart in the rain.

    Wet (Music (For Robots)) 2005

  • This is the kind of rainstorm where you get the feeling it won't ever stop - I'm looking at a Blade Runner future here, with everything just falling apart in the rain.

    Music (For Robots): October 2005 Archives 2005

  • LENO: ... some kind of rainstorm, there's one of those poor guys I never heard of chained to a pole in Miami.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: West Coast Welcomes New Year - January 1, 2000 2000

  • Once, after a thunderous Kalahari rainstorm, the frogs made a lot of music.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Now that you mention it - it was a driving rainstorm when we were in both of the towns!

    San Jose de Garcia 2009

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