April shower
April shower noun: a sporadic burst of light rain in the spring season, especially in the month of April.
Noun
April shower (plural April showers)
- A sporadic burst of light rain in the spring season, especially in the month of April.
- Holsom as the Aprile shower fallying on the herbes newe.c. 1430, John Lydgate, Reason and Sensuality
- That pleaſing Shade they ſought, a ſoft retreat / From ſudden April Show'rs, a Shelter from the Heat.1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 395
Forms of April shower
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Questions about April shower
- What does April shower mean?
- April shower means a sporadic burst of light rain in the spring season, especially in the month of April.
- What part of speech is April shower?
- April shower is a noun.
- What is the plural of April shower?
- The plural of April shower is April showers.
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