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Spell Bee Word: Downpour


What does downpour mean?

Word: Downpour

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Downpour means a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.

Synonyms: deluge, cloudburst, torrent

How do you spell downpour?

Syllables: down - pour

Tricky part: The second part is spelt pour, as in pour water, not pore or poor.

Watch out for: downpore, downpur, downpoor

Memory tip: Heavy rain pours from the sky, so the word ends with pour, as in pouring milk.

Downpour in a sentence

Example 1: We were soaked in the downpour before we could reach the bus stop.

Example 2: The afternoon downpour flooded the lane outside our building.

Example 3: After weeks of heat, the first downpour of the monsoon brought everyone onto the balconies.

Fun Fact

Mawsynram in Meghalaya is often called the wettest place on Earth, with more than 11,000 millimetres of rain in an average year.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) downpour
b) rainbo
c) waterfal
d) thundarstorm

Show answer

a) downpour. Rainbow has lost its w, thunder has become thundar and waterfall has dropped an l.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

downpour

a) storm
b) flood
c) gale
d) drizzle

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d) drizzle. A drizzle is light rain, so it is the opposite of a downpour.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) raincoat
b) dounpour
c) thunder
d) monsoon

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b) dounpour. The first part is down, spelt with ow, as in town.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

urdnoopw

a) proved
b) wonder
c) upward
d) downpour

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d) downpour. Wonder needs an e, upward an a, and proved a v and an e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a downpour you would most need ____.

a) sunglasses
b) an umbrella
c) a sweater
d) a kite

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b) an umbrella

2. After a downpour, what are you most likely to see on the road?

a) frost on the grass
b) piles of snow
c) puddles of water
d) thick dry dust

Show answer

c) puddles of water

Associated Words

Words that end in -our: pour, fervour, tour, harbour, cornflour, hour

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: deluge

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