mineral water

American  

noun

1. water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, especially such water considered healthful to drink.

2. British. mineral waters,

   1. carbonated water; soda water.

   2. artificially flavored, bottled soft drinks; soda pop.

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mineral water British  

noun

1. water containing dissolved mineral salts or gases, usually having medicinal properties

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Etymology

Origin of mineral water

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

Many are from Europe, he told AFP on the sidelines of a tasting, but there is also one from Himalayan springs in Bhutan and another from a mineral water mecca in Mexico.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

In June of this year, Nestle Waters was fined more than $610,000 in Switzerland for having used activated carbon filters on its Henniez bottled mineral water.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

But he also had another admission: that an official hydrologists' report into the company's historic site in the Gard department in southern France had recommended against renewing "natural mineral water" status for the company's output.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

St John Harmsworth – brother of newspaper magnates Lords Northcliffe and Rothermere – made Perrier a byword for mineral water across the British empire.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

“I’ll bring some cold mineral water to pour over it. It must itch under the cast. It’s hot outside.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway