rain shower

/reɪn ˌʃoʊər/
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Other forms: rain showers

Definitions of rain shower
  1. noun
    a brief period of precipitation
    synonyms: shower
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    types:
    scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling
    a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
    type of:
    rain, rainfall
    water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
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