zwemwater

Definitions of zwemwater
  1. noun
    the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    synonyms: bluswater, water
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    poolzee
    the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
    poolzee
    ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs
    groene
    a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
    madeira
    a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
    Rijn
    a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
    Tigris
    an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
    witspeler
    a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
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    inham
    an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
    afvoergeul, geul
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
    estuarium, trechtermond
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
    oversteekplaats, voetgangersoversteekplaats, voorde, wad, wed, zebra, zebrapad
    a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
    inlaat, inlaatduiker, kreek, uithoek
    an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
    meer, vijver
    a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    plas, pool, poolstreek, voetbad
    a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
    elektriciteitsnet, hoogspanningsnet, lichtleiding, lichtnet, oceaan, plas, slagzee, stortzee, stroomnet, wereldzee, zee
    a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    laak, lee, rivier, vloed, watering, waterloop, wetering
    a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
    cascade, waterval
    a steep descent of the water of a river
    vaarwater, vaarweg, waterweg
    a navigable body of water
    bassin, spaarbekken, stuwmeer, vergaarbak, waterbassin, waterbekken, waterreservoir
    lake used to store water for community use
    rivierarm
    a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
    zijrivier
    a stream or river connected to a larger one
    kreek, rivierarm
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
    binnenwater, hartader
    (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
    gracht, plomp, sloot
    any small natural waterway
    fjord
    a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
    haf, kustmeer, lagune, strandmeer
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
    plas, vijver, waterpartij, wiel
    a small lake
    schietstroom, stroomversnelling
    a part of a river where the current is very fast
    binnenwater, rivier
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    zwin
    a channel in which a tidal current runs
    laak, lee, watering, waterloop, wetering
    natural or artificial channel through which water flows
  2. noun
    binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
    synonyms: bluswater, majem, water
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    gemeentepils, kraanwater, leidingwater
    water directly from the spigot
    afwaswater, ezelinnemelk, ezelinnenmelk, slootwater
    water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed
    wijwater
    water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
    bodemwater, bronwater, grondwater, mineraalwater, putwater, sprengwater, welwater
    underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks
    pekel, pekelnat, zeewater
    water containing salts
    hemelwater, regen, regengordel, regenval, regenwater, regenzone
    drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
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    nat, nattigheid, vocht
    fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
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