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artesian wells

artesian wells is the plural of artesian well.

Meaning of artesian well

Noun

artesian well (plural artesian wells)

  1. An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
    • “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    artesian spring
  2. A borehole in an artesian basin.

Questions about artesian wells

What is artesian wells the plural of?
Artesian wells is the plural of artesian well.

Words near artesian wells in the dictionary

  1. artesian spring
  2. artesian springs
  3. artesian water
  4. artesian waters
  5. artesian well
  6. artesian wells
  7. artesunate
  8. artesunates
  9. Artex
  10. artexed
  11. artfag

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