Watering

  • 41watering can — noun A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle. Syn: sprinkling can, watering pot …

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  • 42watering hole — n. a tavern. □ Now this place is one of my favorite watering holes. □ I think you live down at that watering hole …

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  • 43watering cart — noun water cart with a tank and sprinkler for sprinkling roads • Hypernyms: ↑water cart * * * noun : a cart equipped to carry water (as for sprinkling roads or irrigating fields) * * * watering cart, a cart designed to carry water for watering… …

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  • 44watering can — noun Date: 1692 a vessel usually with a spout used to sprinkle or pour water especially on plants called also watering pot …

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  • 45watering hole — noun Date: 1882 1. water hole 1 2. a place where people gather socially; especially watering place 3 …

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  • 46watering pot — noun see watering can …

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  • 47watering place — 1. Brit. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc. 2. a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like. 3. a place where drinking water may be obtained by …

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  • 48watering can — Synonyms and related words: aerosol, aspergil, aspergillum, atomizer, clyster, concentrate sprayer, douche, enema, fountain syringe, mist concentrate sprayer, needle bath, nozzle, shower, shower bath, shower head, sparge, sparger, spray, spray… …

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  • 49watering hole — (UK)    A watering hole is a pub.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 50watering hole — bar, pub, licensed premises    The St. Louis Hotel is Ralph s favorite watering hole …

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