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tap water

tap water noun: water that comes from a tap.

Noun

tap water (uncountable)

  1. Water that comes from a tap.
    • Near-synonym: drinking water
    • We all want tap water always to be potable water, but ensuring this equivalence takes work and commitment.
    Synonyms:
    drinking water
  2. The state of having water available from taps.
    • Although we lived in the city, we didn't have tap water.
    Synonyms:
    running water

tap water meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Indonesian and Thai

tap water in Tagalog

water from a tap
tubig gripo

tap water in Arabic

water from a tap
مَاء الحَنَفِيَّة māʔ al-ḥanafiyya

tap water in Indonesian

water from a tap
air keran

tap water in Thai

water from a tap
น้ำก๊อก, น้ำประปา náam-bprà-bpaa
More languagesFewer languages
tap water in Vietnamese
nước máy

Synonyms of tap water

Forms of tap water

alternative formtapwater

Questions about tap water

What does tap water mean?
Tap water means water that comes from a tap.
What is tap water in Tagalog?
Tap water in Tagalog is tubig gripo. See Tap water meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is tap water?
Tap water is a noun.

Words near tap water in the dictionary

  1. tap pants
  2. tap tap
  3. tap taps
  4. tap the admiral
  5. tap up
  6. tap water
  7. tap, rack, bang
  8. tap, rack, go
  9. tap-dance
  10. tap-dancer
  11. tap-dancers

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