English > water: 10 senses > noun 1, substance| Meaning | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid / liquid; freezes / freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. |
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| Synonym | H2O |
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| Narrower | bath water | water used for a bath |
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| bilge, bilge water | water accumulated in the bilge of a ship |
| dishwater | water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed |
| distilled water | water that has been purified by distillation |
| fresh water, freshwater | water that is not salty |
| ground water, spring water, well water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks |
| hard water | water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap |
| holy water | water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification |
| limewater | solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid |
| meltwater | melted snow or ice |
| seawater, saltwater, brine | water containing salts |
| slush | partially melted snow |
| soft water | water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap) |
| tap water | water directly from the spigot |
| water of crystallization, water of crystallisation, water of hydration | The water present in hydrated compounds |
| Broader | binary compound | chemical compound composed of only two elements |
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| liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume |
| Substance of | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
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| ice, water ice | water frozen / frozen in the solid state |
| ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist | small crystals of ice |
| perspiration, sweat, sudor | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands |
| snowflake, flake | A crystal of snow |
| tear, teardrop | A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands |
| Substances | hydrogen, H, atomic number 1 | A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas |
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| oxygen, O, atomic number 8 | A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas |
| Spanish | agua, H2O |
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| Catalan | aigua, H2O |
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| Adjectives | aquatic | relating to or consisting of or being in water |
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| aqueous | similar to or containing or dissolved in water |
| hydraulic | moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil) |
| watery | relating to or resembling or consisting of water |
| watery | filled with water |
| Verbs | water | supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams |
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| water | provide with water |
English > water: 10 senses > noun 2, object| Meaning | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). |
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| Examples | - "they invaded our territorial waters"
- "they were sitting by the water's edge"
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| Synonym | body of water |
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| Category | lake | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
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| ocean | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
| river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) |
| Part of | hydrosphere | The watery layer of the earth's surface |
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| surface, Earth's surface | The outermost level of the land or sea |
| Narrower | backwater | A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam |
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| bay, embayment | An indentation of a shoreline larger / larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
| channel | A deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger / larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels |
| drink | Any large deep body of water |
| estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea |
| flowage | A body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area |
| ford, crossing | A shallow area in a stream that can be forded |
| gulf | An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land |
| high sea, international waters | The open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation |
| inlet, recess | An arm off of a larger / larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) |
| lake | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
| main, briny | Any very large body of (salt) water |
| mid-water | The water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom |
| ocean | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
| offing | The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area |
| polynya | A stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) |
| pool, puddle | A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid / liquid |
| sea | A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land |
| seven seas | An informal expression for all of the oceans of the world |
| shoal, shallow | A stretch of shallow water |
| sound | A large ocean inlet or deep bay |
| stream, watercourse | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
| territorial waters | The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction |
| waterfall, falls | A steep descent of the water of a river |
| waterway | A navigable body of water |
| Broader | thing | A separate and self-contained entity |
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| Substances | water, H2O | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid / liquid |
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| Spanish | agua, masa de agua |
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| Catalan | aigua, cos d'aigua, massa d'aigua |
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