Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Rainfall.

  2. (uncountable, usually)Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

    Regenwasser

    дождева́я вода́doždevája vodá

    дощова́ вода́doščová vodá

More definitions
  • drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Examples

34 sentences
  1. The bucket was full of rainwater.

    deDer Eimer war voll von Regenwasser.

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  2. Tom has a barrel to catch rainwater that he uses to water his garden.

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  3. We collect rainwater in barrels.

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  4. The rainwater flowed through the gutter.

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  5. The rainwater disappeared into the drain.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cog

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.

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Forms

plural: rainwaters

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds:rain

Word family

1 related words

See also

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