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wellwater

/ˈwɛlwɔːtə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
well-wa-ter
IPA
/ˈwɛlwɔːtə(ɹ)/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water taken from a well, i.e. a hole in the ground which acts as a source of water.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English welle-water, from Old English wiellewæter (“springwater”), equivalent to well + water.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: welle-water, wiellewæter

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce wellwater?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɛlwɔːtə(ɹ)/.
What does wellwater mean?
Water taken from a well, i.e. a hole in the ground which acts as a source of water.
Where does wellwater come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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