rainwater
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- noun
- /ˈreɪnˌwɔːtər/
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agua de lluvia
- Many homeowners are installing systems to collect rainwater for use in their gardens.
- collect rainwater
- rainwater harvesting
- store rainwater
Is it it's rainwater or like groundwater or ocean water?
- Is it it's rainwater or like groundwater or ocean water?
- And then they even both like water tanks outside to collect the rainwater.
- There's no way to they there's no way to like harvest the rainwater or the OR like water from like clean streams to drink.
Examples
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Nadia, sixteen, carried two buckets of rainwater in from the porch.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the urban parts of the basin, the average pH of rainwater is around 5.5.
Academic text (1997) -
In the morning, I can shower with rainwater.
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With rising water costs, residents are turning to urban rainwater collection.
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The channel had filled with rainwater and was a deep, clear pool perhaps five hundred yards long.
Fiction book (1992) -
Both layers are fed by rainwater flowing down the mountains.
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For one, the buildings will collect rainwater for irrigation of its playing fields.
Academic text (2005) -
However, in the Lower Basin area, the availability of rainwater is very negligible.
Academic text (2008) -
Pollution makes our rainwater unsafe to drink, but it's great for cleaning and watering purposes.
Academic text (2008) -
A metal roof is designed to channel rainwater into six corrugated metal silos for irrigation.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
Rain that is collected or stored for later use
How Clean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rainwater is just the two simple words rain and water put together. It means the water that 'falls from the clouds' and collects on the ground, so it's the fresh water you can catch and use.