shower : Idioms & Phrases
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golden shower tree
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noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; purging cassia; canafistula; canafistola; pudding pipe tree.
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meteor shower
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noun a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
meteor stream.
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Meteoric showers
- periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods.
Webster 1913
pink shower
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noun tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
horse cassia; pink shower; Cassia grandis.
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pink shower tree
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noun tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
horse cassia; pink shower; Cassia grandis.
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rain shower
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noun a brief period of precipitation
shower.
- the game was interrupted by a brief shower
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rainbow shower
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noun deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red
Cassia javonica.
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Shower bath
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noun booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom
shower bath.
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noun washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
shower.
- he took a shower after the game
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- a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.
Webster 1913
shower cap
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noun a tight cap worn to keep hair dry while showering
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shower curtain
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noun a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area
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shower down
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verb rain abundantly
shower.
- Meteors showered down over half of Australia
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shower room
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noun a room with several showers
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shower stall
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noun booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom
shower bath.
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Star showers
- . See
Shooting star , underShooting .
Webster 1913
Sulphur showers
- showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance.