water bag
noun
1
: a bag for holding water
especially
: one designed to keep water cool for drinking by evaporation through a slightly porous surface
2
: bag of waters
—used especially of domestic animals
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Those who want a shower can add the simple Ortlieb water bag shower system outside, with or without the available Vickywood privacy tent.
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New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2025
Are the water bags around trees’ trunks a good idea?
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
What to Consider: Designed more like a water bag, the carry straps aren’t the most comfortable.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2023
Don't want to buy a soaker hose or water bag?
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
Futuristic and functional, the line’s eco-solutions range from the recycled polyester for this wearable water bag to recycled polyamide in supportive bikini shorts.
—Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
One story has Wilkens in the early morning darkness filling his canteen from the company’s water bag when a German soldier surprised him with hands up -- wanting to surrender.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
If your hose doesn’t reach a dry patch, grab a wheelbarrow water bag to help transport the H2O.
—Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 30 July 2020
In an issue similar to what happened to him at Texas Motor Speedway a few weeks ago, the water bag inside his car malfunctioned at the start of the race.
—Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2020
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New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2025
Are the water bags around trees’ trunks a good idea?
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
What to Consider: Designed more like a water bag, the carry straps aren’t the most comfortable.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2023
Don't want to buy a soaker hose or water bag?
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
Futuristic and functional, the line’s eco-solutions range from the recycled polyester for this wearable water bag to recycled polyamide in supportive bikini shorts.
—Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
One story has Wilkens in the early morning darkness filling his canteen from the company’s water bag when a German soldier surprised him with hands up -- wanting to surrender.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
If your hose doesn’t reach a dry patch, grab a wheelbarrow water bag to help transport the H2O.
—Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 30 July 2020
In an issue similar to what happened to him at Texas Motor Speedway a few weeks ago, the water bag inside his car malfunctioned at the start of the race.
—Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2020
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“Water bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20bag. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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