tap water
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- noun
- /tæp ˈwɔːtər/
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agua del grifo
- You don 't want to drink the tap water.
- drink tap water
- tap water quality
- access to tap water
Finally, can I use tap water to water my spider plant?
- Finally, can I use tap water to water my spider plant?
- Oh, oh God, oh God, that ice was made with tap water.
- I want to get your thoughts on this tap water.
- And now they come up to you and they say, would you like tap water, Stillwater, small bubbles or big bubbles?
- I use a water testing service and I test it both after it's through my water filter and the tap water that my two boys drink almost everyday.
- Well, you can try, certainly tap water is going to be a problem, but the fact is some of the bottled water still have obesogens.
- Of course it would never put up with that tap water swill that you drink.
Examples
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Can I get you bottled or tap water for this evening?
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Stay away from tap water.
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Oh, I drink tap water.
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Just bring me a glass of tap water.
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My favorite water is going to be the tap water from Santa Cruz and New York City.
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On the day in question, however, everyone had to drink tap water because the bottled water had run out.
Academic text (2003) -
We have only tap water because, you know, Gary didn't shop.
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It's just tap water.
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The bouts of vomiting stopped when the family stopped using tap water for drinking.
Academic text (2003) -
You can safely drink the tap water in most hotels in this city.
Antonyms
How Clean
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'water that comes from a tap' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tap' (a device controlling water flow) + 'water' (the potable liquid), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer the phrase. This noun–noun compound pattern is common across languages and in English, making the construction immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun tap water comes from the simple image of water flowing from a tap, called a 'faucet' in some places, straight into your glass. So tap water means water that comes directly 'from a tap' rather than from a bottle, used for drinking, cooking, or cleaning.