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rainburst en · NOUN

Etymology

From rain + burst.

Meanings

  1. A sudden shower of rain.
    • This was followed by three good sets of tennis at the Club, where though there was a rainburst in the early morning the courts played exceptionally well. 1970, Laura Boyle, Diary of a Colonial Officer's Wife, page 159:

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