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Freshwater

//ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Living in fresh water. not-comparable

    "The trout is a freshwater fish."

  2. 2
    Consisting of fresh water. not-comparable

    "Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume."

  3. 3
    Unskilled as a seaman. not-comparable

    "“Mate,” said the captain in a low voice, “you talk like a fresh-water sailor. I can only attribute this shyness to some strange delusion, for surely,”—his voice assumed a slightly sneering tone as he said this—“surely I am not to suppose that you have become soft-hearted! […]"

  4. 4
    Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes. US, not-comparable

    "2012, John Quiggin, Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us, Princeton University Press (expanded paperback ed., 1st ed. from 2010), →ISBN, page 86. Meanwhile, the freshwater side of the dispute rapidly reverted to arguments from the nineteenth century, which had been debunked by Keynes and Irving Fisher."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place name:; A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).
  2. 2
    A place name:; A settlement on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. 3
    A place name:; A designated place at Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  4. 4
    A place name:; A neighbourhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  5. 5
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
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  1. 6
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
  2. 7
    A place name:; A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 8
    A place name:; A suburb of Cairns in Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
  4. 9
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A body of fresh water. countable

    "Fossils with low Sr/Ca ratios indicating origin in a freshwater of a type which has a low Sr/Ca ratio: […]"

  2. 2
    water that is not salty wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative form of fresh water. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Schematic diagram of the viscosity effect during the injection of freshwater."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English freche watur, fresshe water; equivalent to fresh + water.

Etymology 2

From Middle English freche watur, fresshe water; equivalent to fresh + water.

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