water butt
water butt noun: an open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel.
Noun
water butt (plural water butts)
- An open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel
- It would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up to this announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state of health, was overcome by it, and was taken so unwell, that Mr. Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw...1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 27, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC
- The house was silent save for the wind outside, and the noisy trickling and splattering of water in the water-butts.1915, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 2, in The Rainbow, New York: The Modern Library, page 72
water butt meaning in Tamil
water butt in Tamil
- நீர்த்தொட்டி
Forms of water butt
| plural | water butts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | water-butt |
| alternative form | waterbutt |
Questions about water butt
- What does water butt mean?
- Water butt means an open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel.
- What is water butt in Tamil?
- Water butt in Tamil is நீர்த்தொட்டி. See Water butt meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is water butt?
- Water butt is a noun.
- What is the plural of water butt?
- The plural of water butt is water butts.
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