hard water
hard water noun: water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
Noun
hard water (countable and uncountable, plural hard waters)
- Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
- Antonyms:
- soft water
hard water meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Gujarati
hard water in Tamil
- வன்னீர், கடின நீர், திரை தருநீர், கடினநீர், கன நீர், திரை தரு நீர்
hard water in Telugu
- hard water
- కఠినజలము kaṭhinajalamu
hard water in Kannada
- ಉಪ್ಪುನೀರ್, ಉಪ್ಪುನೀರು, ಗಡುಚುನೀರು, ಗಡುಸುನೀರು, ಗಡಸು ನೀರು
hard water in Gujarati
- water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals
- કઠિન પાણી kaṭhin pāṇī
More languagesFewer languages
- hard water in Malay
- air liat
- hard water in Indonesian
- air sadah
- hard water in Thai
- น้ำกระด้าง náam-grà-dâang
Antonyms of hard water
Forms of hard water
| plural | hard waters |
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Questions about hard water
- What does hard water mean?
- Hard water means water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
- What is hard water in Tamil?
- Hard water in Tamil is வன்னீர், கடின நீர், திரை தருநீர். See Hard water meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hard water?
- Hard water is a noun.
- What is the plural of hard water?
- The plural of hard water is hard waters.
Words near hard water in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard water (page history and authors); hard water (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కఠినజలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); hard water (Kannada 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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