wetter
wet·ter
wetter · wetters
A wetting agent or surfactantA wetting agent or surfactant.
UK/ˈwɛtə/US/ˈwɛtɚ/
Meaning
3 sensesA wetting agent or surfactant.
A bedwetter.
(Multicultural London English, slang)A knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
More definitions
- a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
- a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
Forms
plural: wettersSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved:wetting agentsurfactantsurface-active agent
- someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed:bed wetter
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedwet
Derivedheavy wetter