rain gage

1. 1.

   gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation

   Synonymsrain gaugepluviometerudometer

   Broadergauge

Questions about rain gage

What does rain gage mean?

rain gage means "gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation".

What is another word for rain gage?

Close synonyms include rain gauge, pluviometer, udometer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rain gage a common word?

rain gage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.