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rainwater

rainwater

See also: rain water

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Noun

rainwater ‎(usually uncountable, plural rainwaters)

  1. Rainfall.
  2. Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

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Etymology

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter ‎(“rainwater”), equivalent to rain +‎ water. Cognate with Dutch regenwater ‎(“rainwater”), German Regenwasser ‎(“rainwater”), Swedish regnvatten ‎(“rainwater”).

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