WATER SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water system mean? 

• WATER SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun WATER SYSTEM has 2 senses:

1. a river and all of its tributaries

2. a facility that provides a source of water

  Familiarity information: WATER SYSTEM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river and all of its tributaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)

Meronyms (parts of "water system"):

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A facility that provides a source of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

water; water supply; water system

Context example:

first you have to cut off the water

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

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "water system"):

artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir (lake used to store water for community use)

water main (main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water)

Holonyms ("water system" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)