body of water
English
Noun
body of water (plural bodies of water)
- Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, lake or a bay.
- Synonym: water body
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:body of water
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, of, water.
Translations
significant accumulation of water
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Further reading
- “body of water”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- "body of water" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
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