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monsoon
noun mon·soon \män-ˈsün, ˈmän-ˌ\
: a wind in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia that brings heavy rains in the summer
: the rainy season that occurs in southern Asia in the summer
: the rain that falls during this season
Full Definition of MONSOON
1
: a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia
2
: the season of the southwest monsoon in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall
3
: rainfall that is associated with the monsoon
— mon·soon·al \-ˈsü-nəl, -ˌsü-\ adjective
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Origin of MONSOON
obsolete Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim time, season
Rhymes with MONSOON
aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, maroon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, quadroon, ratoon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon
MONSOON Defined for Kids
monsoon
noun mon·soon \män-ˈsün\
Definition of MONSOON for Kids
1
: a wind in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia that blows from the southwest from April to October and from the northeast from October to April
2
: the rainy season that comes with the southwest monsoon
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