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water-jug

water-jug is the alternative spelling of water jug.

Meaning of water jug

Noun

water jug (plural water jugs)

  1. A jug used to hold water.
    • Polson and his colleagues have studied waterjug problems, which involve pouring quantities of water between jugs of different sizes...1987, Judith Greene, Memory, thinking and language: topics in cognitive psychology
    Synonyms:
    water-jar

Forms of water-jug

pluralwater-jugs

Questions about water-jug

What is water-jug the alternative spelling of?
Water-jug is the alternative spelling of water jug.

Words near water-jug in the dictionary

  1. water-hugging
  2. water-ice
  3. water-ices
  4. water-jar
  5. water-jars
  6. water-jug
  7. water-jugs
  8. water-laid
  9. water-leech
  10. water-leeches
  11. water-lettuce

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