MINERAL WATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mineral water mean? 

• MINERAL WATER (noun)
  The noun MINERAL WATER has 1 sense:

1. water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINERAL WATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

drinking water (water suitable for drinking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mineral water"):

seltzer (naturally effervescent mineral water)

Vichy water (sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy, France or water similar to it)

lithia water (mineral water containing lithium salts)

 Context examples 

"You McKees have something to drink," he said. "Get some more ice and mineral water, Myrtle, before everybody goes to sleep."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)