Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fresh water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
fresh wa-ter
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

fresh waters (plural) freshwater (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

distilled water fresh-water freshwater hard water hard-water hardwater mineral water salt water

Synonyms

sweet water sweetwater freshwater

Questions

What does fresh water mean?
Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.

How to pronounce fresh water

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