rain gauge

noun

: an instrument for measuring the quantity of precipitation

Examples of rain gauge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

People have been informally betting on Mother Nature for more than 100 years, Pietruska said, dating to the 1880s when people in India would gamble on whether a rain gauge would overflow during a monsoon. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

To track rain intake, use a rain gauge and note the rainfall amounts in your garden journal. — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026

Get a rain gauge and supplement irrigation as spring rains slow over the summer months. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 May 2026

But drought recovery depends on more than one rain gauge at Denver International Airport. — Joe Ruch, CBS News, 18 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rain gauge

• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage
• pelage

Kids Definition

rain gauge

noun

: an instrument for measuring rainfall