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watercourse

/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˌkɔː(ɹ)s/

watercourse noun: any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.

watercourse: any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows
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Noun

watercourse (plural watercourses)

  1. Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.

watercourse meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

watercourse in Tamil

நீர்வழி, நீர்க்கால், தண்ணீர்க்கால், வாய்க்கால், கால்வாய்

watercourse in Telugu

a watercourse
గెడ్డ geḍḍa, కుల్య kulya

watercourse in Malayalam

channel through which water flows
ചാൽ cāl
More languagesFewer languages
watercourse in Kannada
ಹಳ್ಳ, ತೊರೆ, ಕಾಲುವೆ
watercourse in Thai
คลอง klɔɔng

Forms of watercourse

pluralwatercourses

Origin of watercourse

From Middle English water course; equivalent to water + course.

Questions about watercourse

What does watercourse mean?
Watercourse means any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.
What is watercourse in Tamil?
Watercourse in Tamil is நீர்வழி, நீர்க்கால், தண்ணீர்க்கால். See Watercourse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is watercourse?
Watercourse is a noun.
How do you pronounce watercourse?
Watercourse is pronounced /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˌkɔː(ɹ)s/.
What is the plural of watercourse?
The plural of watercourse is watercourses.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watercourse (page history and authors); watercourse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); watercourse (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుల్య (Telugu) (page history and authors); watercourse (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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