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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water year

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter year
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The timespan between October 1 and September 30 of the next year, differing from the calendar year because part of the precipitation that falls in late autumn and winter accumulates as snow and does not drain until the following spring or summer.

Inflected Forms

water years (plural)

Questions

What does water year mean?
The timespan between October 1 and September 30 of the next year, differing from the calendar year because part of the precipitation that falls in late autumn and winter accumulates as snow and does not drain until the following spring or summer.

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