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clearwater

clearwater adjective: having relatively clear water, free of large quantities of mud or tannin.

Adjective

clearwater (not comparable)

  1. Having relatively clear water, free of large quantities of mud or tannin.
    • These species largely inhabit whitewater and clearwater rivers (river classifications from Sioli) within the Amazon Basin, with rare reports in tannic blackwater rivers.2015 July 9, “Diverse Early Life-History Strategies in Migratory Amazonian Catfish: Implications for Conservation and Management”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    bluewater

Proper noun capitalized: Clearwater

Clearwater

  1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  2. A local urban district in south Manitoba, Canada.
  3. A city, the county seat of Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
  4. A city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A city in Stearns County and Wright County, Minnesota, United States, mostly in Wright County.
  6. An unincorporated community in Saline Township, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
  7. A village in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.
  11. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Clearwater County
  12. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Clearwater River: a number of rivers named Clearwater River.
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  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Lake Clearwater: a number of lakes named Lake Clearwater.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Clearwater Lake: a number of lakes named Clearwater Lake.
  3. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Clearwater Lakes

Synonyms of clearwater

Origin of clearwater

From clear + water.

clear + water. Literally, “clear waters”.

Words formed from clearwater

  • Clearwater County
  • Clearwater Lake
  • Clearwater Lakes
  • Clearwater River
  • Lake Clearwater

Questions about clearwater

What does clearwater mean?
Clearwater means having relatively clear water, free of large quantities of mud or tannin.
What part of speech is clearwater?
Clearwater can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near clearwater in the dictionary

  1. clearstoried
  2. clearstories
  3. clearstory
  4. cleartext
  5. cleartexts
  6. clearwater
  7. Clearwater County
  8. clearway
  9. clearways
  10. clearweb
  11. clearweed

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