shower room
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- noun
- /ˈʃaʊər ruːm/
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- The gym has separate shower rooms for men and women.
- shower room beside the pool
- go to the shower room
- girls' shower room
Examples
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As her classmates headed for the shower room, Cathy approached Mrs. Medworth.
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Ninety-seven paces to the shower room.
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At least tell me you guys have shower rooms.
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We're standing there in the shower room.
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Wash up in the shower room.
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The last time you came, after you left, I found something that belonged to you... in the shower room upstairs.
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I head down to the nuns' shower room.
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There is a vent in the shower room.
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And you've got like a bathroom area, shower room, even bath.
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Cole Kravitz had shower rooms?
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a room equipped with showers' is directly and compositionally derived from 'shower' (washing fixture) + 'room' (indoor space). This simple noun–noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase shower room comes from the simple picture of shower as a water spray and room as a space. It describes a room with several shower heads where people wash, so it means 'a room that has several showers' used by many people.