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WATER VAPOUR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature

Synonyms:

water vapor; water vapour

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Nouns denoting substances

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

vapor; vapour (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)

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

spray (water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall)

Holonyms ("water vapour" is a substance of...):

cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)

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