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groundwater

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

ground·wa·ter

noun \-ˌw-tər, -ˌwä-\

Definition of GROUNDWATER

: water within the earth especially that supplies wells and springs

Examples of GROUNDWATER

  1. There were concerns about contaminated groundwater.

First Known Use of GROUNDWATER

circa 1889

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