Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porewater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pore-wa-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The water that fills the pores between the grains of sediment etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English pore Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English porewater From pore + water.

Usage

Inflected Forms

porewaters (plural) pore water (alternative) pore-water (alternative)

Phrases

pore water pressure

Frequently Paired Words

pore water pressure

Questions

What does porewater mean?: The water that fills the pores between the grains of sediment etc.
Where does porewater come from?: Etymology tree English pore Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English porewater From pore + water.

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