RAIN SHOWER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A brief period of precipitation

Example:

the game was interrupted by a brief shower

Synonyms:

rain shower; shower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("rain shower" is a kind of...):

rain; rainfall (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rain shower"):

scattering; sprinkle; sprinkling (a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby)