rainstorm

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.

   Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

2. 2
   noun

   a storm with rain

Etymology

From rain + storm.