tap water

noun

: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)

Examples of tap water in a Sentence

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Based on limited testing of tap water by the EPA and some states during the past decade, thousands of utilities still face expensive upgrades to their treatment plants. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 Drink tap water or water from glass or metal bottles rather than plastic. Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 May 2025 After a direct appeal from the governor’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Miami-Dade commissioners on April 1 voted to end the regular addition of fluoride into county tap water. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025 While there’s no public Wi-Fi at the campsites, there are toilets, showers, drinkable tap water, and battery-charging facilities, among other amenities. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tap water

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tap water was in 1881

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“Tap water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20water. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

tap water

noun
: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)
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