water table

noun

1

: a stringcourse or similar member when projecting so as to throw off water

2

: the upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water

Examples of water table in a Sentence

Heavy rainfall has caused the water table to rise.

Recent Examples on the Web

After the ore has been extracted, smelted and used in products like plumbing systems, wind turbines and electronics, the impact across 4,500 acres in the heart of the Santa Rita Mountains would leave behind an open pit that Nelson said would dip below the region’s water table. —Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 8 Dec. 2025

Board Game Outdoor Toys Three toys that will always get played with are push toys, water tables, and some type of rocket launcher. —Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 30 Nov. 2025

Plains sank as water tables fell mostly from the 1990s and fertile lands turned to dust. —Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

At such a depth, there's no chance of contaminating the water table and, contrary to popular belief, uranium doesn't leach very far through solid rock even over millions of years. —New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for water table

• damnable
• disable
• enable
• roundtable
• timetable
• turntable
• unable
• unstable
• able
• chaebol
• fable
• label

Kids Definition

water table

noun

: the upper limit of the portion of the ground completely soaked with water