water level
noun
1
: an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough or in a U-shaped tube
2
: the surface of still water: such as
a
: the level assumed by the surface of a particular body or column of water
b
: the waterline of a vessel
Examples of water level in a Sentence
Check the water level of the swimming pool.
We should have good water levels through the summer after all this rain.
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The pump should turn off after the water level drops back down.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The water authority also measures water levels every year from 19 index wells, and took measurements across all available wells in the basin five times, from 1988 to 2016.
—Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Its water levels have been falling in recent years, so in 2022, Israel launched a project to begin refilling it with desalinated water.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
The campers and counselors died after torrential rain forced water levels on the river, which snakes through multiple summer camps in the region, to rise from 3 feet to 30 feet in a matter of hours.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The water authority also measures water levels every year from 19 index wells, and took measurements across all available wells in the basin five times, from 1988 to 2016.
—Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Its water levels have been falling in recent years, so in 2022, Israel launched a project to begin refilling it with desalinated water.
—Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
The campers and counselors died after torrential rain forced water levels on the river, which snakes through multiple summer camps in the region, to rise from 3 feet to 30 feet in a matter of hours.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for water level
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“Water level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20level. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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