Waters
noun
Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
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Waters
American
[waw-terz, wot-erz]
/ ˈwɔ tərz, ˈwɒt ərz /
noun
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Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
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Muddy McKinley Morganfield, 1915–83, U.S. blues singer and musician.
waters
1
British
plural noun
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any body of sea, or seas regarded as sharing some common quality
Irish territorial waters
uncharted tropical waters
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physiol (sometimes singular) the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
Waters
2
British
/ ˈwɔːtəz /
noun
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Speaking to the Michigan Chronicle after her meeting with Mr. Rogers, Ms. Waters, who is black, said, “Detroit is not a DSA city. Damn betcha I met with Rogers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
US President Donald Trump previously said on Truth Social that "all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz", citing the US Navy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It's very unique. Typically, we find things that were broken and discarded," said Gifford Waters, collections manager for historical archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The business, which Schell left in 1997, flourished: Alice Waters, at Chez Panisse, bought pork exclusively from Niman, as did Zuni Cafe in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
There I must plant my oar, on the very spot, with burnt offerings to Poseidon of the Waters: a ram, a bull, a great buck boar.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
A 15-year-old boy has been rescued after spending days sitting atop a boat that had capsized in the frigid waters of Alaska's Bering Sea.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The coast guard also conducted an aerial survey of waters near the disaster site.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The storm, which churned the waters of the Pacific over the last week, stripped sand off the beach, making it no longer safe to hold the festival there, the city said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was the sense that we were returning to the uncharted waters of when we first met.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
I am used to being in rough waters.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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