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aquifer

UK/ˈækwɪfə//ˈɑkwɪfɝ/

aquifer noun: an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.

aquifer: an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
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Noun

aquifer (plural aquifers)

  1. An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
    • The water in the well came from an aquifer.
    • An aquifer is rock or sediment that holds groundwater – rain that is held below the surface of the soil and collected in empty spaces underground. Aquifers feed rivers to keep their flows at a healthy level, and are also important sources of water when reservoirs or other sources run low.2023 August 16, Helena Horton, “United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer”, in The Guardian

aquifer meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Arabic and Indonesian

aquifer in Tamil

நீர்கொள் படுகை, நீர்கொள்படுகை, நீர்த்தேக்கம், நிலத்தடிநீர்த் தேக்கம், நீர் அடுக்கு, நீர்ப்படுகை

aquifer in Telugu

an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
జల jala

aquifer in Arabic

an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
طَبَقَة ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْجَوْفِيَّةِ

aquifer in Indonesian

an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
akuifer
More languagesFewer languages
aquifer in Vietnamese
tầng ngậm nước, tầng chứa nước

Examples of aquifer in a sentence

  • The pollutant creates a contaminant plume within an aquifer.
  • The shallow aquifer water in the areas of Macun, Wangfeng, and Hanwang must be intensively treated before utilization due to contamination.
  • In highly karstified aquifers, however, the contaminant transport may depend primarily on the karst conduit network rather than matrix hydraulic conductivity.

All 11 example sentences with aquifer

Forms of aquifer

pluralaquifers

Plural of aquifer: aquifers

Origin of aquifer

From aqui- + -fer.

Words formed from aquifer

Questions about aquifer

What does aquifer mean?
Aquifer means an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
What is aquifer in Tamil?
Aquifer in Tamil is நீர்கொள் படுகை, நீர்கொள்படுகை, நீர்த்தேக்கம். See Aquifer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aquifer?
Aquifer is a noun.
How do you pronounce aquifer?
Aquifer is pronounced /ˈækwɪfə/ (UK).
What is the plural of aquifer?
The plural of aquifer is aquifers.

Words near aquifer in the dictionary

  1. aquiculturist
  2. aquiculturists
  3. Aquidneck
  4. Aquidneck Island
  5. aquiesce
  6. aquifer
  7. aquiferous
  8. aquiferous system
  9. aquiferous systems
  10. aquifers
  11. aquifoliaceous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aquifer (page history and authors); aquifer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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