cloudburst

== English == === Alternative forms === cloud-burst === Etymology === From cloud +‎ burst. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/ Hyphenation: cloud‧burst === Noun === cloudburst (plural cloudbursts) A sudden heavy rainstorm. 2007 Feb. 25, Norman Howard, "Devotion, chapter 1" (book excerpt), New York Times (retrieved 20 May 2014): [H]e walked across the lawn, wet from a fleeting late-afternoon cloudburst, the first rain in a month. ==== Synonyms ==== cloudbust ==== Translations ====