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View definitions for monsoon

monsoon

noun as in downpour

noun as in gale

noun as in hurricane

noun as in storm

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Example Sentences

Yet they moved right at the start of the monsoon season, with high humidity and 100 degree temperatures.

From Salon

“All the textbooks, even in early primary classes, came from Delhi. The examples were of unfamiliar cultures and environments like ships, oceans, coconut trees and monsoon rains,” says a note on the website of a school co-founded by him.

From BBC

A powerful monsoon started just south of Cedar City, Utah, rain so fierce that cars left their emergency lights on as they inched forward.

Each of the games so far has brought different, unique challenges – including the Montenegrin monsoon that so clearly affected things in Niksic.

From BBC

Researchers are still working to understand why this was the case, but likely reasons include a shift to the West African monsoon and an abundance of Saharan dust.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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