open water
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions.
Uncountable
noun
In a river, pond, or other small body of water, an area of surface unobstructed by aquatic vegetation, boulders, and the like, adequate for navigation or swimming.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings."
- "Willet sent the canoe through the open water between the tall reeds."
- "At the end of June, James Bay was generally open water except for loose ice persisting over its northwestern section."