Phrase Hound found 1,501 phrases and 543 compound words that contain water. The most common are listed below. Open water in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 1,501
- drinking waterWater that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.
- hot waterA dangerous situation; trouble.
- body of waterAny significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, a lake or a bay.
- water supplyThe provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
- fresh waterWater with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
- deep waterWaters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.
- surface waterWater collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.
- water levelThe level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
- tap waterWater that comes from a tap.
- salt waterAny water containing dissolved salt; brine.
- bottled waterDrinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization.
- water heaterAn appliance for heating water above its ambient temperature, generally for domestic use.
- mineral waterWater from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.
- distilled waterWater that has been purified by distillation. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- water pollutionContamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.
- running waterWater available from taps.
- water bottleA bottle used for carrying water or other drinks.
- oil and waterTwo things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.
- water tankA tank (type of large container) used to store water.
- water vaporWater in a gaseous state, especially when diffused in the atmosphere.
- water tableThe level, underground, below which the ground is saturated with water.
- water-resistantThat slows the penetration of water (but is not necessarily fully watertight).
- Water Quality
- open waterAn expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions.
- water poloA water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.
Compound words 543
- waterproofResistant to the effects of water.
- watershedThe topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- waterfallA flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
- underwaterBeneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- freshwaterLiving in fresh water.
- watermelonA plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
- WaterlooA village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
- watermarkA translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
- waterwayA body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
- clearwaterHaving relatively clear water, free of large quantities of mud or tannin.