rainwater

CEFRB2

/rˈeɪˌnwɔtər/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Water collected from rain.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname.

Examples

  • Last month, we collected five liters of rainwater.

  • The rainwater runs off through this pipe.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

More examples

In context

  • The bucket was full of rainwater.

  • Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.

  • In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.