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- [fresh-waw-ter, -wot-er]
- /ˈfrɛʃˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər/
- /ˈfreʃˌwɔː.tər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fresh-waw-ter, -wot-er]
- /ˈfrɛʃˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər/
Definitions of freshwater word
- adjective freshwater of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish. 1
- adjective freshwater accustomed to fresh water only, and not to the sea: a freshwater sailor. 1
- adjective freshwater small, provincial, or little known: a freshwater college. 1
- adjective freshwater Obsolete. untrained or of little experience. 1
- noun freshwater Of or found in fresh water; not of the sea. 1
- adjective freshwater aquatic animal: not marine 1
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Origin of freshwater
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; fresh + water
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Freshwater
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
freshwater popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
freshwater usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for freshwater
adjective freshwater
- lake — Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.
- river — a person who rives.
- pond — a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- brook — to bear; tolerate
noun freshwater
- rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
Antonyms for freshwater
adjective freshwater
- marine — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
Top questions with freshwater
- how much water on earth is freshwater?
- which freshwater ecosystem is most productive?
- what are the major categories of freshwater ecosystems?
- how to turn saltwater into freshwater?
- how much freshwater is on earth?
- what percentage of water is freshwater?
- what percentage of earth's water is freshwater?
- what is the difference between saltwater and freshwater?
- which biome contains both freshwater and saltwater?
- which freshwater ecosystem is least productive?
- what is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
- where can the majority of earth's freshwater be found?
- what is the largest freshwater lake in israel?
- what is the density of freshwater?
- where is the majority of earth's freshwater found?
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