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rainshower

rainshower is the alternative form of rain shower.

Meaning of rain shower

Noun

rain shower (plural rain showers)

  1. A short, mild period of rainfall.
  2. A luxurious shower unit that provides a wide cascade of water similar to a rainstorm.
    • The hotel suites include bidets and rain showers.

Forms of rainshower

pluralrainshowers

Origin of rainshower

From Middle English rayne-shour, reyne showre, from Old English reġnsċūr, equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr (“rainshower”).

Questions about rainshower

What is rainshower the alternative form of?
Rainshower is the alternative form of rain shower.

Words near rainshower in the dictionary

  1. Rainsford
  2. rainshade
  3. rainshades
  4. rainshadow
  5. rainshadows
  6. rainshower
  7. rainshowers
  8. rainslicker
  9. rainslickers
  10. rainsoaked
  11. rainsome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rainshower (page history and authors); rain shower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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