"scattered shower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scattered showers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scattered shower (plural scattered showers)
  1. (chiefly British) Any of a series of showers of rain, whose number, location and timing are impossible to predict Tags: British
    Sense id: en-scattered_shower-en-noun-8RYfkvKK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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