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WATER LEVEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("water level" is a kind of...):
water gage; water gauge; water glass (gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The level of the surface of a body of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("water level" is a kind of...):
elevation (distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water level"):
sea level (level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
Synonyms:
water level; water line; waterline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("water level" is a kind of...):
line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water level"):
load line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll line; Plimsoll mark (waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
Example:
spring rains had raised the water table
Synonyms:
groundwater level; water level; water table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("water level" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
