rainwater

noun 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

clean, drinkable, essential, full, illegal, pure, urban

VERB + RAINWATER

capture, catch, catches, climbed, collect, grow, house, plants

RAINWATER + NOUN

city, collection, downpipe, system, tom, water, we've, you've

PREP.

down, down, from, in, off, on, since, through

Definitions

noun

Rainfall.

In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay.

Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.

name

A surname.

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Synonyms

noun — drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

rain

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay.

Wiktionary

Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.

Wiktionary

The rainwater runs off through this pipe.

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The bucket was full of rainwater.

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The rainwater evaporates on a hot day.

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Last month, we collected five liters of rainwater.

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