Meaning

2 senses

  1. A sudden heavy rainstorm.

    Wolkenbruch

    ли́веньlívenʹ

    зли́ваzlýva

    a heavy rain

  2. (figuratively)A sudden downfall or shortcoming.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. It wasn't just rain, it was a cloudburst.

    deDas war nicht bloß Regen, das war ein Wolkenbruch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. While the authorities still believe most dikes will hold, a cloudburst and severe thunder storm made matters worse late Friday.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sudden heavy rainstorm:
Русский
By meaning 1
sudden heavy rainstorm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sudden heavy rainstorm:

Origin

From cloud + burst.

From cloud + burst.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: cloudbursts

Synonyms

7 synonyms
cloudbust
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clotheslineclothingB2cloudA1cloudlesscloudyA1clout

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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