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waterskin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A container for water made of skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a container of skin for holding water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water skin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skin

History

Etymology

From water + skin.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِرْبَة (qirba) — container
  • Bulgarian: кожен мях за вода (kožen mjah za voda) — container
  • Dutch: lapzak — container
  • Finnish: nahkaleili — container
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσκός (askós) — container
  • Ingrian: burdjukka — container
  • Italian: otre — container
  • Persian: مشک (mašk) — container
  • Portuguese: odre — container
  • Punjabi: ਮਸ਼ਕ (maśak) — container
  • Romanian: burduf — container
  • Russian: бурдю́к (burdjúk) — container
  • Sicilian: utri — container
  • Swahili: kiriba — container
  • Swedish: vattenlägel — container
  • Swedish: vattenskinn — container
  • Ottoman Turkish: طولوم (tulum) — container
  • Ottoman Turkish: قربه (kırba) — container
  • Ottoman Turkish: مطره (matara) — container