water level
- the surface level of any body of water.
- the level to which a vessel is immersed; water line.
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Origin of water level
First recorded in 1555–65
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The mines are now worked down to water-level and costs are increasing.
The Economic Aspect of GeologyC. K. Leith
Great tracts were sunk beneath the water-level of the river.
The Naval History of the United StatesWillis J. Abbot.
I set a stick with a notch at water-level when we first came ashore.
The Young Alaskans on the TrailEmerson Hough
The rain-gauge was raised about eleven feet above the water-level.
The Solomon Islands and Their NativesH. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy
The water-level is about 95 feet from surface when the engine is not at work.
water level
- the level reached by the surface of a body of water
- the water line of a boat or ship
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