MEANING
Caused by or associated with rain.
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Words that belong together
- pluvial flooding
- pluvial climate
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Pluvial flooding filled the streets far from the river.
The pluvial climate kept the stonework dark with moisture.
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Word forms
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- pluvial
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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