monsoon
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
monsoons
plural
monsoons
Britannica Dictionary definition of MONSOON
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a wind in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia that brings heavy rains in the summer
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a
:
the rainy season that occurs in southern Asia in the summer
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the beginning of the monsoon (season)
b
:
the rain that falls during this season
— sometimes used in an exaggerated way to refer to a heavy rainstorm
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floods caused by summer monsoons
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The game was played in a monsoon.
