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fresh water

–noun
1. water that does not contain a large amount of salt.
2. inland water, as ponds, lakes, or streams, that is not salt.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE

fresh⋅wa⋅ter

[fresh-waw-ter, -wot-er]
–adjective
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.
Also, fresh-water.


Origin:
1520–30; fresh + water
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