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graywater

gray water
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Definition of graywater word

  • noun graywater dirty water from sinks, showers, bathtubs, washing machines, and the like, that can be recycled, as for use in flushing toilets. 1

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Origin of graywater

First appearance:

before 1975
One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1975-80

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Parts of speech for Graywater

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

graywater popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

graywater usage trend in Literature

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