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gypwater

gypwater noun: water with a high level of dissolved gypsum which can cause diarrhea.

Noun

gypwater (uncountable)

  1. water with a high level of dissolved gypsum which can cause diarrhea
    • Rawlins leaned from the saddle and wet his hand in the river and tasted it. It's gypwater, he said.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN

Forms of gypwater

alternative formgyp water

Questions about gypwater

What does gypwater mean?
Gypwater means water with a high level of dissolved gypsum which can cause diarrhea.
What part of speech is gypwater?
Gypwater is a noun.

Words near gypwater in the dictionary

  1. gypsywise
  2. gypsywort
  3. gypsyworts
  4. gyptian
  5. gyptians
  6. gypwater
  7. gyr
  8. gyr falcon
  9. gyr falcons
  10. gyra
  11. gyracanthid

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