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waterless

/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ləs/

waterless adjective: dry, arid, lacking water.

Adjective

waterless (not comparable)

  1. Dry, arid, lacking water.
    • The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.
    • Also the Russian lines over which these locomotives run pass through long stretches of waterless country, where the only alternative to hauling additional water-tank wagons is to conserve the water supply by condensing.1946 January and February, “The Why and The Wherefore: Condensing Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
  2. Not requiring water.
    • How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?

waterless meaning in Bengali

waterless in Bengali

waterless
জলশূন্য jolośunno, পানিশূন্য paniśunno

Origin of waterless

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).

Words formed from waterless

Questions about waterless

What does waterless mean?
Waterless means dry, arid, lacking water.
What is waterless in Bengali?
Waterless in Bengali is জলশূন্য (jolośunno), পানিশূন্য (paniśunno). See Waterless meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is waterless?
Waterless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce waterless?
Waterless is pronounced /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ləs/.

Words near waterless in the dictionary

  1. waterleaf
  2. waterleafs
  3. waterleave
  4. waterleaves
  5. Waterlemon Cay
  6. waterless
  7. waterlessly
  8. waterlessness
  9. waterlike
  10. waterlilies
  11. waterlily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waterless (page history and authors); জলশূন্য (Bengali) (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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