Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water jug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter jug
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A jug used to hold water.

Example Sentences

"Polson and his colleagues have studied waterjug problems, which involve pouring quantities of water between jugs of different sizes..."
"Torrentius shows a stone waterjug, while Visscher has an ornate ewer, presumably in silver or gilt."

Etymology

From water + jug.

Inflected Forms

water jugs (plural)

Synonyms

water-jar

Questions

What does water jug mean?: A jug used to hold water.
Where does water jug come from?: From water + jug.

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