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rainwater

noun as in water

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The deluge comes from the ceiling, where excess rainwater has worked its way into the subway car from outside.

They had to stay on a patch of asphalt that had been put down to keep rainwater from bleeding into the contaminated soil.

A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe.

Some solbreeders still exist on nearby anchored ships, living off fish and rainwater, and some hope of eventual rescue.

RH: The planking system drains into the plantings so only about 20 percent of the rainwater will go into the sewer system.

Here and there were small pools—mere discs of rainwater with a tinge of blood.

A little rainwater wont hurt meI aint neither sugar nor salt.

All my saved rainwater was turned brackish, save that in my largest vessel which was sheltered in the lee of the pyramid.

Common yellow soap is better than scented soap, and rainwater than ordinary water.

Some of it was carried along by rainwater, but generally it remained: in any case it was noxious and dangerous.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rainwater, such as: drink, rain, aqua, h2o, saliva, and tear/tears.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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