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Bottled water

Noun

bottled water ‎(usually uncountable, plural bottled waters)

1. Drinking water sold by bottle, either natural or processed by e.g. filtering, carbonation or mineralization.
   • 2005, E. Mackey, J. Davis, L. Boulos, J. Brown, G. Crozes, Consumer Perceptions of Tap Water, Bottled Water, and Filtration Devices, page 1

     Bottled water can originate from tap water, groundwater, or natural spring water and might be filtered, distilled, deionized, carbonated, or mineralized.

   Bottled water is very expensive: you are usually just paying for a fancy label and lucky if you get some carbonation.

See also

• mineral water
• spring water
• soda water
• tonic water
• tisane

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