green water
noun
water from precipitation that is stored in the soil and taken up by the roots of plants. Compare blue water, white water.
green waters
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pluralof green water.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Divers exploring the area’s green waters periodically peek through his porthole window into the lab, which is about 8 feet wide.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
Boracay, famous for its white sands and stunning green waters, had benefited from a relaxation of rules to allow more domestic travel, but Nunez fears that might be short-lived.
From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2021
Upon reviving, your crow discovers that the newly materialized door leads to the Lost Cemetery, a place of dusty, sage-colored battlements overlooking emerald green waters.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
We wandered through the ghetto in Bologna and crisscrossed the tumbledown bridges of Florence, window-shopping in the goldsmiths above the green waters of the Arno.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2018
Across the deep-running green waters, the western twin stood like a reflection of its eastern brother.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
