DRINKING WATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drinking water mean? 

• DRINKING WATER (noun)
  The noun DRINKING WATER has 1 sense:

1. water suitable for drinking

  Familiarity information: DRINKING WATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRINKING WATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water suitable for drinking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("drinking water" is a kind of...):

beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)

water (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinking water"):

bottled water (drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale)

sugar water (water sweetened with sugar)

ice water (water served ice-cold or with ice)

carbonated water; club soda; seltzer; soda water; sparkling water (effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide)

mineral water (water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically)

 Context examples 

Using this animal model, the researchers tested the effects of an NR supplement by adding it to the drinking water of the mice.

(Compound prevents neurological damage, shows cognitive benefits in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

The World Health Organization says one in three people – about 2.2 billion – live without safe drinking water.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

Entities that treat wastewater and drinking water, plus companies that create and service technologies for removal of contaminants from water could greatly benefit from this technology.

(Using a smartphone to detect norovirus, National Science Foundation)

With little room to spare aboard a spacecraft, any human missions to Mars will have to harvest what's already available for drinking water and making rocket fuel.

(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)

Arsenic levels in public drinking water cannot exceed 10 parts per billion (ppb), which is the standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

(Low doses of arsenic cause cancer in male mice, NIH)

The United States has one of the safest water supplies in the world, but drinking water quality can vary from place to place.

(Drinking Water, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The L enantiomer of furaltadone, a nitrofuran antibiotic that is effective against bacterial infections in birds when added to feed or drinking water.

(Levofuraltadone, NCI Thesaurus)

Dietary components include drinking water, alcoholic beverages, and vitamin and trace element supplements.

(Nutrition, Other, NCI Thesaurus)

Breathing air, drinking water, eating food, or swallowing or touching dirt that contains lead can cause many health problems.

(Lead Poisoning, Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry)

A nitrofuran antibiotic that is effective against bacterial infections in birds when added to feed or drinking water.

(Furaltadone, NCI Thesaurus)