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View synonyms for rainwater

rainwater

1

[ reyn-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

noun

  1. water fallen as rain.


Rainwater

2

[ reyn-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

noun

  1. (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1975.

rainwater

/ ˈreɪnˌwɔːtə /

noun

  1. water from rain (as distinguished from spring water, tap water, etc)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rainwater1

before 1000; Middle English rein water, Old English regn-wæter; rain, water

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Example Sentences

The deluge comes from the ceiling, where excess rainwater has worked its way into the subway car from outside.

They had to stay on a patch of asphalt that had been put down to keep rainwater from bleeding into the contaminated soil.

A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe.

Some solbreeders still exist on nearby anchored ships, living off fish and rainwater, and some hope of eventual rescue.

RH: The planking system drains into the plantings so only about 20 percent of the rainwater will go into the sewer system.

Here and there were small pools—mere discs of rainwater with a tinge of blood.

A little rainwater wont hurt meI aint neither sugar nor salt.

All my saved rainwater was turned brackish, save that in my largest vessel which was sheltered in the lee of the pyramid.

Common yellow soap is better than scented soap, and rainwater than ordinary water.

Some of it was carried along by rainwater, but generally it remained: in any case it was noxious and dangerous.

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