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waters

Syllables: wa·tersUK/ˈwɔː.təz//ˈwɔ.tɚz/

waters noun: amniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)). Also the plural of water.

Noun

waters

  1. Amniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Waters

UK/ˈwɔːtəz/US/ˈwɔtɚz/

Waters

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Waters

UK/ˈwɔːtəz/US/ˈwɔtɚz/

Waters

  1. A topographic surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Otsego Lake Township, Otsego County, Michigan, United States, named for the many lakes in the locality.

Also used as

waters is also the plural of water.

waters is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of water.

waters meaning in Kannada and Nepali

waters in Kannada

ನೀರುಗಳು

waters in Nepali

पानीहरू

Examples of waters in a sentence

  • In the polar regions one finds dark cold waters with few places to breath.
  • The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.
  • The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.

All 40 example sentences with waters

Origin of waters

From the given name Walter + the patronymic suffix -s.

From residence near water.

Phrases with waters

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Questions about waters

What does waters mean?
Waters means amniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)).
What is waters in Kannada?
Waters in Kannada is ನೀರುಗಳು. See Waters meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is waters?
Waters can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce waters?
Waters is pronounced /ˈwɔː.təz/ (UK).

Words near waters in the dictionary

  1. waterproofs
  2. waterpump
  3. waterpumps
  4. waterquake
  5. waterquakes
  6. waters
  7. waters down
  8. waters of hydration
  9. Waters Upton
  10. waters' edges
  11. waterscape

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waters (page history and authors); Waters (page history and authors); waters (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waters (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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