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eyewater

eyewater noun: a wash or lotion for application to the eyes, such as eyedrops.

Noun

eyewater (usually uncountable, plural eyewaters)

  1. (usually) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes, such as eyedrops.
  2. (archaic, slang, usually) Gin.
  3. (Caribbean, Jamaica, usually) Tears; water cried from the eyes.

eyewater meaning in Sanskrit

eyewater in Sanskrit

eyewater, tears
सलिल salila

Forms of eyewater

pluraleyewaters

Origin of eyewater

From eye + water.

Questions about eyewater

What does eyewater mean?
Eyewater means a wash or lotion for application to the eyes, such as eyedrops.
What is eyewater in Sanskrit?
Eyewater in Sanskrit is सलिल (salila). See Eyewater meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is eyewater?
Eyewater is a noun.
What is the plural of eyewater?
The plural of eyewater is eyewaters.

Words near eyewater in the dictionary

  1. eyewards
  2. eyewash
  3. eyewashed
  4. eyewashes
  5. eyewashing
  6. eyewater
  7. eyewatering
  8. eyewateringly
  9. eyewaters
  10. eyewear
  11. eyewhite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eyewater (page history and authors); सलिल (Sanskrit) (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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