seawater

CEFRB1

/sˈiˌwɑtər/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Water from the sea.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Associated in some way with seawater, or intended for dealing with seawater.

Examples

  • You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.

  • The seawater stings my cut.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Consisting of seawater.

  2. The saltwater of a sea or ocean.

More examples

In context

  • Aboard the ship we needed seawater soap for washing our clothes

  • The continual seawater splashes corroded our equipment

  • The sharks in the aquarium had to be kept in a seawater tank

Synonyms

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The expensive machine can turn blank into drinking water by removing the salt.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”).