freshwater
IPA: frˈɛʃwɔtɝ
noun
- (countable) A body of fresh water
- A place name:
- A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).
- A settlement on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A designated place at Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A neighbourhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
- A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Cairns in Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A surname.
- Alternative spelling of fresh water [Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.]
adjective
- Living in fresh water.
- Consisting of fresh water.
- (nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
- (economics) neoclassical, in reference to U.S. macroeconomics and economics departments near the Great Lakes.
fresh water
IPA: frˈɛʃwˈɔtɝ
noun
- Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
fresh-water
IPA: frˈɛʃwɔtɝ
adjective
- Alternative spelling of freshwater [Living in fresh water.]
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Examples of "freshwater" in Sentences
Examples of "fresh-water" in Sentences
- A second child has died this month from a fresh-water amoeba infection.
- Some suggest that these could be fresh-water seals, like those found in Quebec at Seal Lake.
- My room, #28, was really a two-room suite in a wee pastel cottage that fronted a fresh-water pool shared by just a few other cottages.
- The Okaloosa darter roams the base's fresh-water streams, though "roams" might be a bit of an exaggeration when discussing an endangered species.
- Water authorities in Vladivostok said fresh-water mussels installed in the city's water-purification plant to detect heavy-metal pollution also protect against radiation.
- The world's population, which was two billion at the start of the 20th century, is forecast to increase to nine billion people by 2050, while fresh-water supplies remain flat.
- Democrats don't necessary oppose the project; however they argue that the plans for the pipeline may need to be rerouted to avoid going through environmentally sensitive areas, including fresh-water reserves.
- To combat coastal erosion, which claims 25-35 square miles of land a year in Louisiana, the state and the Corps of Engineers have built fresh-water diversion projects along the Mississippi meant to mimic the natural flooding action of the river.
- Also, there was the small matter of a roof leak during a rainstorm somewhere around Bloomsburg, Pa., and the more significant issue that our fully filled fresh-water tank mysteriously went dry without us having washed a single dish, or even used the lavatory, let alone taken a long, leisurely shower.
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