black water

noun

1. wastewater from toilets, garbage disposal, and industrial processes.

black water

noun

1. household waste water that cannot be reused without purification Compare grey water

Example Sentences

The boat’s searchlight swept across the empty black water.

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When we first encounter Hai, “in the midnight of his childhood and a lifetime from first light,” he perches atop the King Philip’s Bridge, being pelted by rain, “as black water churned like chemically softened granite below.”

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Inky black water surrounds him as a blinding light focuses on his body, making his pale skin glow like a marble statue.

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Mr Traucki worked with Britton when filming croc horror film Black Water in 2008, as well as its 2019 sequel.

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Still, I caught sight of the light from row after row of portholes rippling yellow across black water before the marble went dark.

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