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RAINWATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rainwater mean?
• RAINWATER (noun)
The noun RAINWATER has 1 sense:
1. drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Familiarity information: RAINWATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
rain; rainwater
Hypernyms ("rainwater" is a kind of...):
fresh water; freshwater (water that is not salty)
Context examples
Too much nitrogen can run off with rainwater or leach through to soil and contaminate groundwater.
(New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Stalagmites are cave pillars made largely of calcium carbonate or limestone, in association with trace elements such as magnesium, that is precipitated by rainwater.
(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)
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