seawater

B1 Topic:Nature & Landscape

Also spelled sea-water

US /ˈsiːˌwɑːtɝ/ See IPA manual

Freq #26325

Meanings

1

noun
The salty water of the sea or ocean.

Seawater is too salty to drink.
2

adj
Made of or relating to seawater.

The sharks were kept in a large seawater tank.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the salty water of the sea... brine

Word family

Forms seawaters

Etymology

From Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”).

seewater Middle English sǣwæter Old English

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Topics

Nature & Landscape

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# seawater

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsiːˌwɑːtɝ/
**Frequency rank:** 26325

## Meanings
1. The salty water of the sea or ocean.
2. Made of or relating to seawater.

## Examples
- Seawater is too salty to drink.
- The sharks were kept in a large seawater tank.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: seewater
- Root: sǣwæter

## Etymology
From Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”).

## AI Etymology
Seawater is from Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English seewater, Old English sǣwæter. In current use it includes senses such as The salty water of the sea or ocean and Made of or relating to seawater.

## Topics
- Nature & Landscape

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