METEOR SHOWER
Dictionary entry overview: What does meteor shower mean? • METEOR SHOWER (noun)
The noun METEOR SHOWER has 1 sense:
1. a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
Familiarity information: METEOR SHOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• METEOR SHOWER (noun)
Meaning:
A transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
meteor shower; meteor stream
Hypernyms ("meteor shower" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
Meronyms (parts of "meteor shower"):
meteor; shooting star (a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode)
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