artesian well
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- noun
- /ɑrˈtiːʒən wɛl/
- Specialized
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pozo artesiano
- The new housing development was built near an artesian well, ensuring a natural supply of water.
- build an artesian well
Examples
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During the drought, the artesian well continued to supply fresh water, proving invaluable to the local community.
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Farmers in the region rely on the artesian well for irrigation, as it provides a steady flow of water.
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There was a school on the corner and an artesian well in front of the school.
Blog text (11) -
Not your average artesian well.
Blog text (32) -
The shop owner in the Village St-Paul had told me it was an artesian well that once stood on the Left Bank.
Blog text (32) -
"For the next two weeks, you will just have to be satisfied with the fact that the City of London rocks gently upon an artesian well and not a brewery," he said with mocking seriousness.
Fiction book (1995) -
In 1886, the water board decided to build an artesian well in the middle of downtown (at Five Points), but by 1890, the board of health condemned the project because it had been contaminated by sewage.
Academic text (2010) -
We had formal gardens, tennis courts, and an Olympic-sized swimming pool in marble and tile, and a bronze lion head that gushed cold green brine from our own artesian well.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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2.0
A deep hole or space that holds water
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from the adjective 'artesian' (water that rises naturally under pressure) and 'well' (a water shaft), so the overall meaning — a well where water rises due to natural pressure — follows directly from the constituents. Although 'artesian' is somewhat technical, the adjective+noun combination is a standard, predictable pattern, making the expression transparent to a learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Artesian well comes from the Artois area of France, where people dug wells that let water push up by itself from under the ground. Here artesian refers to Artois and well is the hole for water, so today artesian well means 'a well that brings water to the surface without a pump'.