Near-synonym: tap water (for washing and, ideally, drinking too)
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Drinking water
Synonyms for "drinking water" (35 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Noun(2 words)
aguaemergency water
Adjective(5 words)
bottled waterclean waterczech vodadanish vanddrinkable water
Strong matches (11)
Noun(6 words)
fresh waterfresh water supplylap waterliquid watermost water dailyplain water
Adjective(3 words)
natural springnon-saline waterplain h2o
Related words (17)
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
7 entriesbottled waterdrinking-water distributiondrinking-water treatmentmineral waterpotable watersafe drinking watertap water
Collocations
7 entriesdrinking water qualitydrinking water regulationdrinking water safetydrinking water standardsdrinking water supplydrinking water treatmentsafe drinking water
Inflections
1 entriesdrinking waters
Derivations
3 entriesdrinking water sourcedrinking water supplydrinking water treatment
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
One day a saint, wandering in the vicinity in search of drinking water, fainted. As he regained his senses, he could hear the trickle of water running from the Pot. He drank his fill and since then the spring has never gone dry.
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It seems unlikely that the ancient Maya would have ventured into Actun Pech in search of drinking water when it could have been more easily and regularly procured from local wells. Rather, the water collected from Actun Pech and other caves discussed below, was likely valued for its remote and sacred origin.
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