gray water
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gray water
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They thought they were settled until a crack in the gray water tank sent their home in for repairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
For 19 days, we hauled potable drinking water from distribution sites, collected gray water and creek water for flushing, and carefully rationed every drop.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
If dumping gray water is occasional - like washing a car or wastewater by hunters and anglers - it poses very little risk, experts said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
In 2013, Fillmore County adopted an ordinance requiring most homes to have a septic system for the disposal of gray water.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
Plates, cups, spoons, pot lids, the heavy aluminum rice pot, the frying pan, all half submerged in gray water with a greasy scum floating on the top.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
