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Definition of Body of water
1. Noun. The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). "They were sitting by the water's edge"
Generic synonyms: Thing
Specialized synonyms: Backwater, Bay, Embayment, Channel, Drink, Estuary, Flowage, Crossing, Ford, Gulf, High Sea, International Waters, Inlet, Recess, Lake, Briny, Main, Mid-water, Ocean, Offing, Polynya, Pool, Puddle, Sea, Seven Seas, Shallow, Shoal, Sound, Stream, Watercourse, Territorial Waters, Falls, Waterfall, Waterway
Group relationships: Hydrosphere, Earth's Surface, Surface
Category relationships: Lake, Ocean, River
Terms within: H2o, Water
Definition of Body of water
1. Noun. Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as a river, lake or a bay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Body Of Water
Literary usage of Body of water
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"Injunction on injurious use of a body of water against using it otherwise than
as used before, [p. 620.] Nuisance at Common Law by using articles of recent ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"The river, which has a depth of 20 feet in the rains, is fordable almost everywhere
between December and March, a large body of water being drawn off for ..."
3. Bulletin by Louisiana Geological Survey (1907)
"... Pl. I. The lake-like body of water to the southwest, as well as the swampy
depression to the northeast of Jerusalem Church may have been caused in part ..."
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