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- [doun-spout]
- /ˈdaʊnˌspaʊt/
- /ˈdaʊn.spaʊt/
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- [doun-spout]
- /ˈdaʊnˌspaʊt/
Definitions of downspout word
- noun downspout a pipe for conveying rain water from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain. 1
- noun downspout A pipe to carry rainwater from a roof to a drain or to ground level. 1
- noun downspout vertical pipe to drain water from roof 1
- countable noun downspout A downspout is a pipe attached to the side of a building, through which water flows from the roof into a drain. 0
- noun downspout a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof gutter to the ground or to a drain 0
- noun downspout a vertical pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof gutter to ground level 0
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Origin of downspout
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; down1 + spout
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Parts of speech for Downspout
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
downspout popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
downspout usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with downspout
- what is a downspout?
- how to install downspout?
- how to install a downspout?
- what is downspout?
- how to connect a rain barrel to a downspout?
- how to install gutter downspout extension?
- how to unclog gutter downspout?
- how to install gutter downspout?
- how to unclog a gutter downspout?
- how to connect rain barrel to downspout?
- how to install downspout drain?
- how to cut a downspout?
- how to bury a downspout?
- how to attach downspout to gutter?
- how to cut downspout for rain barrel?
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