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WATER SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A facility that provides a source of water
Example:
first you have to cut off the water
Synonyms:
water; water supply; water system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("water system" is a kind of...):
facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)
Meronyms (parts of "water system"):
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir (lake used to store water for community use)
water main (main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water)
Holonyms ("water system" is a part of...):
base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river and all of its tributaries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("water system" is a kind of...):
scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)
Meronyms (parts of "water system"):
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
