DOWNBURST


Meaning of DOWNBURST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌbərst ]

noun

Date: 1978

: a powerful downdraft usually associated with a thunderstorm that strikes the ground and deflects in all directions ; also : microburst

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.