showernoun
uk/ʃaʊər/us/ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/shower noun (WASHING DEVICE)
A1 [ C ] a device that releases drops of water through a lot of very small holes and that you stand under to wash your whole body:
A1 [ C ] an acting of washing using a shower:
A1 [ C ] a place, usually in a bathroom, where a shower is situated:
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- There was one bathroom with a shower stall in the corner.
- The bathroom mirror steamed up during my shower.
- I tore my sweaty clothes off and jumped into the shower.
- She came downstairs after her shower, wrapped in a towel.
- You waste a lot of water by having a bath instead of a shower.
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Bathroom fixtures & fittings
- basin
- bath
- bath rack
- bathroom fittings
- bathroom suite
- bathtub
- bidet
- drain
- hip bath
- hot tub
- Jacuzzi
- medicine cabinet
- plug
- plughole
- showerhead
- sink
- towel rail
- tub
- vanity unit
- washbasin
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shower noun (RAIN)
B1 [ C ] a short period of rain or snow:
More examples
- I got caught in a shower on my way to the shops.
- We are expecting showers this afternoon.
- At this time of year, sunshine and showers are typical.
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Precipitation: rain
- acid rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloudburst
- drizzle
- heaven
- it's raining cats and dogs! idiom
- puddle
- rain gauge
- rainbow
- raindrop
- rainstorm
- rainwater
- Scotch mist
- sheet
- sprinkle
- teem
- wash
- washout
- wet
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shower noun (MASS)
a lot of small objects or drops of liquid coming through the air:
a large amount of something:
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- sight
- thousand
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shower noun (PARTY)
[ C ] US a party held for a woman just before she gets married or gives birth to a child, when she is given presents for her future home or baby:
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Weddings
- aisle
- always a bridesmaid, never the bride idiom
- arranged marriage
- bachelor party
- bachelorette party
- banns
- get spliced idiom
- give sb away
- go/walk down the aisle idiom
- golden anniversary
- golden wedding anniversary
- groom
- guard of honour
- pageboy
- prenuptial
- register office
- registry office
- ruby anniversary
- shotgun wedding
- white wedding
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Idiom(s)
showerverb
uk/ʃaʊər/us/ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/shower verb (FALL)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to fall down or come out in a shower, or to make something do this:
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Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- stumble
- wayside
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shower verb (WASH)
B2 [ I ] to take a shower:
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Personal care - general words
- appearance
- baby wipe
- bath
- bathe
- bed bath
- body shaming
- body-shame
- dolled up
- facecloth
- flannel
- moisturizer
- powder
- retrosexual
- scrub up
- soap
- spruce
- varnish
- wash
- wash up
- well groomed
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