"electric shower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: electric showers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} electric shower (plural electric showers)
  1. a shower that heats water immediately before it is expelled, rather than drawing hot water from a tank Hyponyms: suicide shower
    Sense id: en-electric_shower-en-noun-h7pXVsst Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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