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Meaning of downcome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
  2. 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.
  3. A downpour of rain.

Examples

“And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

downcomer downconversion downconverter downcrossing downcurrent downcurve

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