Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plain water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: plain wa-ter
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tap water, either hot or cold, served in restaurants.

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Politely I asked for a glass of plain water."
"A visitor from Down Under is wondering why most Singapore restaurants and hotels make it a practice to serve all guests with plain water, even when it has not been asked for."
"Someone asked for a glass of plain water and was told by the waitress: “That’ll be 60 cents.”"
"Although there is a food and drink stall inside, there are joggers like me who prefer to drink plain water after sweating it out of the tracks."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does plain water mean?: Tap water, either hot or cold, served in restaurants.

How to pronounce plain water

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