rainwater

IPA: rˈeɪnwɔtɝ

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

Examples of "rainwater" in Sentences

The rainwater is being stored in it.
This river is mainly fed by rainwater.
It does not trap rainwater in its pitcher.
The contaminated rainwater seeped into the river.
It has an aqueduct and drains to catch rainwater.
The contaminated rainwater then seeped into the river.
For two days there was nothing to drink but rainwater.
Rainwater collected in tanks and saved for the purpose
Limestone was dissolved by the slightly acidic rainwater.
The impluvium was the shallow pool sunken into the floor to catch the rainwater.
Water is withdrawn but is generally replaced or recharged when rainwater from the surface percolates downward.
First, go up yourself or send the gardener, and check the roof drains and gutters to assure that the rainwater is able to flow freely and quickly off the roof.
DIOP (through translator): We constructed what we call rainwater basins, which allow us to stock rainwater and allow farmers who are poor to cultivate crops after the rain seasons.