showerable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shower +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

showerable (not comparable)

  1. Of water: suitable for use by a person for showering.
    • 2010, Brian H. Jones, Around Rakaposhi:
      [] there was a supply of tepid but showerable water in the morning.
    • 2015, Bill Nye, Corey S. Powell, Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World:
      Perhaps one of the reasons you seldom see these systems in the U.S. is that if there were to be a leak between the heat pipe fluid—the refrigerant fluid—and the potable, drinkable, showerable water, it would be more than a little bit toxic.
    • 2018, Charles O. Jones, Now That’s Funny: A Memoir on Passing Through:
      True enough, one had to learn when to shower or bathe because hot or even luke warm water seldom reached our bathroom on the third floor. I learned the cycles of likely showerable water.