Rainfall - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈreɪnfɔːl|  American pronunciation of the word rainfall
Brit.  |ˈreɪnfɔːl|  British pronunciation of the word rainfall

noun

- water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (syn: rain)

Extra examples

This area has an average annual rainfall of 12 inches.

We've had a long period of low rainfall.

The city has received only half its average rainfall of four inches.

What figure do you get when you average the amount of rainfall for the last three months?

...a year of aberrant weather—record rainfall in the summer, record heat in the autumn...

...the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall...

Rainfall is more abundant in summer.

The frequent rainfall encourages the lush growth of trees, ferns, and shrubs.

Heavy rainfall has caused the water table to rise.

Heavy rainfall had cut deep gullies into the side of the hill.

Rainfall here is under 15 inches a year.

The mean annual rainfall was 852 mm.

The rainfall was measured over a three-month period.

Word forms

noun
singular: rainfall
plural: rainfalls
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