noun
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
• Syn: ↑water
• Hypernyms: ↑binary compound, ↑liquid
• Hyponyms:
↑tap water, ↑bath water, ↑dishwater, ↑distilled water, ↑holy water, ↑ground water, ↑spring water, ↑well water, ↑hard water, ↑limewater, ↑meltwater, ↑seawater, ↑saltwater, ↑brine, ↑fresh water, ↑freshwater, ↑slush, ↑soft water, ↑bilge, ↑bilge water, ↑water of crystallization, ↑water of crystallisation, ↑water of hydration
• Substance Holonyms:
↑tear, ↑teardrop, ↑perspiration, ↑sweat, ↑sudor, ↑snowflake, ↑flake, ↑ice, ↑water ice, ↑ice crystal, ↑snow mist, ↑diamond dust, ↑poudrin, ↑ice needle, ↑frost snow, ↑frost mist, ↑body of water, ↑water
• Substance Meronyms: ↑hydrogen, ↑H, ↑atomic number 1, ↑oxygen, ↑O, ↑atomic number 8
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/ˌeıʧˌtuːˈoʊ/
technical
— the chemical symbol for water
two parts H2O
Useful english dictionary. 2012.