shower
Definitions
General English
- noun a slight fall of rain or snow
- noun a piece of equipment in a bathroom, usually fixed high up on the wall, which sends out water to wash your whole body
- noun an occasion when you wash your body with a shower
Aviation
- noun a short period of rain or snow
Real Estate
- noun a device that sprays water downwards for people to stand under and wash
- noun an enclosure in which a shower is fitted
Travel
- noun a spray device for washing your whole body
Origin & History of “shower”
Shower comes from a prehistoric west Germanic *skūra, which also produced German schauer and Dutch schoer. Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain.
