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Rainwater

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Rainfall. uncountable, usually

    "In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay."

  2. 2
    drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds wordnet
  3. 3
    Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea. uncountable, usually

    "Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater."

Etymology

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.

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