noun
Meaning 1
One who waters plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
waterer
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noun
Meaning 2
One who waters down, or dilutes, something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A device used for watering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She installed an automatic waterer for her garden.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A device from which livestock, poultry, or pets may drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Clean the chicks' waterer each time you refill it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an assistant who supplies drinking water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: water boy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter
noun
Meaning 6
someone who waters plants or crops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English -er English waterer From water + -er.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: bebedoiro — device from which animals drink
- German: Tränke — device from which animals drink
- Portuguese: bebedouro — device from which animals drink
- Russian: пои́лка (poílka) — device from which animals drink
- Spanish: abrevadero — device from which animals drink
- French: arroseur — one who waters
- French: arroseuse — one who waters
- Russian: полива́льщик (poliválʹščik) — one who waters
- Russian: полива́льщица (poliválʹščica) — one who waters
- Russian: полива́лка (poliválka) — a device for watering
- Turkish: arazöz — a device for watering