watering can
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərɪŋ kæn/
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regadera
- After planting the seeds, he grabbed his watering can to keep the soil moist.
- filled a watering can
- garden watering can
- spout of a watering can
For beginning gardener, all you need are your hands, maybe a shovel and maybe a watering can.
- For beginning gardener, all you need are your hands, maybe a shovel and maybe a watering can.
Examples
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Slowly, she filled a watering can, bubbles gurgling.
Fiction book (1996) -
The man takes his watering can and sprinkles it on the flower.
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I just use a watering can like this one right here.
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I hope you have your own watering can.
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The next message was a picture of a flower in a pot next to a watering can.
Fiction book (1997) -
I grabbed the watering can and took off.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's got a watering can!
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Laynie had her own watering can so she could "help" me in the garden.
Fiction book (2002) -
If you're hand watering with a watering can, this is what you do.
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My watering can wasn't near the faucet where I kept it.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A container with a handle and a spout used to sprinkle water on plants
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'watering' (the act of wetting plants) + 'can' (a container) yields a container used for watering plants, so the sense is predictable from the parts. English noun-noun compounding with an activity + container is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun watering can comes from the simple idea of a can used for watering, a small container with a handle and a spout used to pour water onto plants. That's why today watering can means a hand-held container for pouring or sprinkling water on plants.