Synonyms for cloudburst


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kloud-burst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklaʊdˌbɜrst


Définition of cloudburst

Origin :
  • also cloud-burst, 1817, American English, from cloud (n.) + burst (n.). Parallels German Wolkenbruch.
  • noun rainstorm
Example sentences :
  • Once black clouds gathered in the distance, to pour out a cloudburst.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • "The cloudburst was too much for the dam," he answered regretfully.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • To have called at Brompton Square would have been asking for a cloudburst.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
  • It looked as if we would have a cloudburst that fearful morning.
  • Extract from : « True Bear Stories » by Joaquin Miller
  • There had been a cloudburst on a distant mountain and the stream was yellow and turbid.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras » by Marvin West
  • Isn't that pretty nearly what people call a cloudburst, uncle Phaeton?
  • Extract from : « The Lost City » by Joseph E. Badger, Jr.
  • We call every snowstorm a blizzard, every breeze a gale, every shower a cloudburst.
  • Extract from : « Reading the Weather » by Thomas Morris Longstreth
  • Then the thunder of its roaring subsided by degrees and by sundown the cloudburst was past.
  • Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge
  • So I crabbed the whole play, eh, and fetched that cloudburst down Woodpecker?
  • Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge
  • You know what I mean,” she said at the gate; “have you forgotten about the cloudburst?
  • Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge

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