Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

artesian well

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: arte-sian well
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.

noun

A borehole in an artesian basin.

Example Sentences

"“When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”"

Inflected Forms

artesian wells (plural)

Synonyms

artesian spring

Questions

What does artesian well mean?: An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.

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