running water

noun

: water distributed through pipes and fixtures

a cabin with hot and cold running water

Examples of running water in a Sentence

a cabin with hot and cold running water

Recent Examples on the Web

Although the house had running water at a downstairs sink and a water closet in the basement, there was no running water upstairs and no conventional bathroom. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

There is virtually no running water, and two million people are bathing in the ocean. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Scrub it well under running water, and cook the skin on when roasting or baking potatoes or sweet potatoes rather than removing it before cooking. — Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 13 Sep. 2026

Her father was an illiterate sharecropper whose 12 children shared a one-room cabin with no running water or electricity. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for running water

• imprimatur
• underwater
• auteur
• blotter
• cotter
• daughter
• hotter
• mater
• otter
• plotter
• rotter
• slaughter