cataract
/ˈkætəˌɹæk(t)/ sustantivo C1En español: catarata
- A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff. · The cataracts on the Nile helped to compartment Upper Egypt.
- A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.
- An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood. · His cataract of eloquence
- A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
Plural cataracts
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The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.
Adair’s mother had returned from Australia to undergo the operation for cataract, and she, her son Ronald, and her daughter Hilda were living together at 427, Park Lane.
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