Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

domestic hot water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: do-mes-tic hot wa-ter
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water used, in any type of building, for domestic purposes, principally drinking, food preparation, sanitation, personal hygiene, and heating (but not including swimming pool heating, or processes such as commercial food preparation or clothes washing).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Heating, ventilation, domestic hot water and lighting use significant amounts of energy."
"Warm or tepid water systems that dilute domestic hot water from a water heater with cold water upstream from the outlet source are not recommended."
"A range of products from high quality industrial steam, to lower temperature water for domestic hot water requirements and space heating."

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

process hot water

Synonyms

DHW

Questions

What does domestic hot water mean?: Water used, in any type of building, for domestic purposes, principally drinking, food preparation, sanitation, personal hygiene, and heating (but not including swimming pool heating, or processes such as commercial food preparation or clothes washing).

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