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showre

showre is the obsolete spelling of shower.

Meaning of shower

Noun

shower (plural showers)

  1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
    • Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
  2. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
    Synonyms:
    shower bath
  3. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
    • I’m going to have a shower.
    Synonyms:
    shower bath
  4. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
    • a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower
  5. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
    • Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
    1. A bridal shower.
      • The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.

See all 19 meanings of shower

Forms of showre

pluralshowres

Questions about showre

What is showre the obsolete spelling of?
Showre is the obsolete spelling of shower.

Words near showre in the dictionary

  1. showplans
  2. showpony
  3. showprint
  4. showprints
  5. showran
  6. showre
  7. showreel
  8. showreels
  9. showres
  10. showring
  11. showrings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: showre (page history and authors); 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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