| 1. | water that does not contain a large amount of salt. |
| 2. | inland water, as ponds, lakes, or streams, that is not salt. |
[fresh-waw-ter, -wot-er] 
| 1. | of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish. |
| 2. | accustomed to fresh water only, and not to the sea: a freshwater sailor. |
| 3. | small, provincial, or little known: a freshwater college. |
| 4. | Obsolete. untrained or of little experience. |