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How to pronounce water in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms body of water
Type of thing
Has types high sea, stream, gulf, ford, flowage, offing, estuary, territorial waters, embayment, drink, crossing, channel, watercourse, waterfall, waterway, briny, bay, backwater, falls, ocean, polynya, pool, puddle, recess, mid-water, main, sea, lake, seven seas, shallow, shoal, international waters, inlet, sound


they invaded our territorial waters.
they were sitting by the water's edge.
Type Words
Synonyms water supply, water system
Type of facility, installation


the town debated the purification of the water supply.
first you have to cut off the water.
Type Words
Synonyms h2o
Type of liquid, binary compound
Has types slush, soft water, tap water, holy water, fresh water, spring water, freshwater, hard water, ground water, bath water, bilge, bilge water, meltwater, brine, well water, water of hydration, water of crystallization, dishwater, distilled water, water of crystallisation, saltwater, limewater, seawater
Derivation watery
Type Words
Synonyms pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee
Type of excretory product, excrement, body waste, excreta, excretion


the child had to make water.
Type Words
Synonyms irrigate
Type of wet
Has types hose, hose down, hush, flush
Derivation waterer, watering
Type Words
Type of nutrient, food, liquid
Has types spring water, drinking water, branch water


he asked for a drink of water.
Type Words
Type of fill, fill up
Derivation watering


His eyes were watering.
Type Words
Type of element
Type Words
Type of render, provide, furnish, supply
Derivation waterer


We watered the buffalo.
Type Words
Type of secrete, release


My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner.
His eyes watered.

Examples of water

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In an aquaponic greenhouse, plants are grown in water that also is home to fish.
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Pour into the top of a double boiler or into a metal bowl set in a pan of water.
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The wind crumpled portions of the sanctuary's copper roof, causing water damage.
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Muddy water is still sloshing through 400 houses and 150 businesses in the city.
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She called her doctor and drank some water, thinking it was another false alarm.
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Add fresh tomatoes and cook covered until water is cooked out, about 15 minutes.
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In fine sieve, wash rice under cold running water until draining water is clear.
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The water has been really low, he said, but it's starting to fill back in a bit.
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Using a vegetable brush or nylon scouring pad, scrub the lemons under hot water.
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  • Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
  • Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
  • Body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
  • Provide with water; "We watered the buffalo"
  • Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
  • Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
  • Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. Its molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state, water vapor or steam.
  • Water is a 1985 comedy film scripted by Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais, directed by Clement, and starring Michael Caine. This HandMade Films production was released in U.S. theatres in April 1986 by Atlantic Releasing.
  • Water (Hindi: u0935u093Eu091Fu0930), is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998)...