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GROUND WATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ground water mean? 

GROUND WATER (noun)
  The noun GROUND WATER has 1 sense:

1. underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocksplay

  Familiarity information: GROUND WATER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROUND WATER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ground water; spring water; well water

Hypernyms ("ground water" is a kind of...):

H2O; water (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)


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