clean water
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- noun
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agua potable
- Access to clean water is essential for maintaining good health.
- access to clean water
- clean water supply
- drink clean water
They see that, yes, they can make clean water in a stream that was polluted.
- They see that, yes, they can make clean water in a stream that was polluted.
- And because you came and gave, people are drinking clean water and here's the proof.
- And how much clean water can the desalinator produce daily?
- Don't we all want clean air and clean water?
- Most people had to survive without electricity, without clean water, medical supplies, sanitation and food.
- This gives us nice clean water for the inside loop and well water.
- They cannot turn the spigot and get clean water.
- Some of them live in countries where they can't get clean water.
- With every single step, we were raising money for clean water.
- Like Coca-Cola has access to give people Coke where they can't get clean water.
- And, you know, getting back to very basic human rights, human right to have clean water and food and shelter and land.
- And so humankind could, if we, if this stuff works out, could have access to clean water for the billions of us that need it.
- We'd love to know that when they get where they're going, there'd be food there or maybe clean water for their children.
- You know, we have so much clean water that we fill our toilets with potable water.
Examples
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The town was fortunate in having a good source of clean water in a municipally owned lake.
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Clean water is a human right.
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We used to all agree on what clean air and clean water meant, right?
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We'll bring more clean water on our way back, I promise.
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More people have access to education and healthcare and clean water than ever before.
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Sixty million people cannot get enough clean water for their daily needs.
Academic text (1999) -
Yet the percentage of people who have sufficient access to clean water supplies has remained fairly static.
Academic text (2007) -
But for Flint, MI, clean water has been a problem for how many years?
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In most megacities of the developing world, clean water is both scarce and expensive to produce.
Academic text (2008) -
Breastfeeding mothers need clean water to drink; if they go without or become ill, their milk supply will suffer.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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Safe water that you can drink
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Water that is not salty, found in lakes or rivers and used for drinking
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Water that comes from under the ground and is safe to drink
Antonyms
How Pure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'water that is free from impurities' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'clean' with the noun 'water'. This straightforward adjective+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and easily predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Clean water comes from a simple image: a clear spring or tap with no dirt. Here clean means not dirty and water is the drink, so the phrase means water that is 'safe to drink'.