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noun
A drinking vessel intended or used for water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: liquid glass, sodium silicate, soluble glass
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A water gauge for a steam boiler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A water clock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
clock that measures time by the escape of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: water clock, clepsydra
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clock
noun
gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: water gauge, water gage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gauge, gage
Narrower terms: water level
noun
a glass for drinking water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: glass, drinking glass
noun
a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: soluble glass, sodium silicate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: glass
History
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Across languages
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