'Shower bath' definitions:

Definition of 'shower bath'

(from WordNet)
noun
Booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom [syn: shower stall, shower bath]
noun
Washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: shower, shower bath]

Definition of 'Shower bath'

From: GCIDE
  • Shower \Show"er\, n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. se?r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc?r, Icel. sk?r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk?ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.]
  • 1. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow. [1913 Webster]
  • In drought or else showers. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. [1913 Webster]
  • With showers of stones he drives them far away. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also. [1913 Webster]