freshwater

Or fresh-wa·ter

[fresh-waw-ter, -wot-er]

adjective

1. of or living in water that is fresh or not salt.

   freshwater fish.

2. accustomed to fresh water only, and not to the sea.

   a freshwater sailor.

3. small, provincial, or little known.

   a freshwater college.

4. Obsolete.,  untrained or of little experience.

freshwater

/ ˈfrɛʃˌwɔːtə /

noun

1. of, relating to, or living in fresh water

2. (esp of a sailor who has not sailed on the sea) unskilled or inexperienced

3. small and little known

   a freshwater school

freshwater

1. Consisting of or living in water that is not salty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freshwater¹

First recorded in 1520–30; fresh + water

Example Sentences

The long-term goal is to provide a reliable source of drinking water for communities that lack both freshwater and saltwater supplies.

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Our town got its name from a freshwater mineral bath that bubbled up from deep underground.

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The sub was taken directly to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston and put into a specially designed 75,000 gallon freshwater conservation tank.

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Australia's modern freshwater and saltwater crocodiles only appeared far later, roughly 3.8 million years ago.

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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds over half of Earth's freshwater, is already losing ice in some coastal zones today.

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