downcome
Meanings
noun
- A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
- In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
- A downpour of rain.
verb
- To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
Word forms
Etymology
From down- + come.
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