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water jug

water jug noun: a jug used to hold water.

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
    • Torrentius shows a stone waterjug, while Visscher has an ornate ewer, presumably in silver or gilt.1997, Roland E Fleischer, Susan C Scott, Rembrandt, Rubens, and the art of their time: recent perspectives
    Synonyms:
    water-jar

Synonyms of water jug

Forms of water jug

pluralwater jugs

Origin of water jug

From water + jug.

Questions about water jug

What does water jug mean?
Water jug means a jug used to hold water.
What part of speech is water jug?
Water jug is a noun.
What is the plural of water jug?
The plural of water jug is water jugs.

Words near water jug in the dictionary

  1. water jackets
  2. water jet
  3. water jets
  4. water joint
  5. water joints
  6. water jug
  7. water jugs
  8. water juice
  9. water jump
  10. water jumps
  11. water key

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