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body of water

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.15 in modern English

Syllables
body of wa-ter
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, a lake or a bay.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, of, water.

Inflected Forms

bodies of water (plural)

Phrases

Body of water on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Frequently Paired Words

Body of water on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

water body body of water water

Questions

What does body of water mean?
Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, a lake or a bay.

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