a party held before a wedding to which female guests bring items of kitchen equipment as wedding presents
kitchen tea in American English
noun
Austral
a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower
Also called: shower tea
Word origin
[1945–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fail-safe, individual medley, poison pill, regression analysis, shootout