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DRINKING WATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water suitable for drinking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("drinking water" is a kind of...):
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
water (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinking water"):
bottled water (drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale)
sugar water (water sweetened with sugar)
ice water (water served ice-cold or with ice)
carbonated water; club soda; seltzer; soda water; sparkling water (effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide)
mineral water (water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically)
Context examples:
Most commonly isolated from environmental sources like drinking water distribution systems.
(Escherichia hermannii, NCI Thesaurus)
Fluoride may be naturally present in drinking water or may be added to it.
(Fluoride, NCI Dictionary)
The advance brings hope for countries like India where clean drinking water is a big issue.
(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers are not the first to explore biological filters using xanthates to remove arsenic from drinking water.
(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)
To determine whether these might play a role in chronic diseases, the team fed mice low levels of 2 commonly used emulsifiers, carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80, in drinking water or in food.
(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)
Female mice exposed in utero, or in the womb, to low levels of arsenic through drinking water displayed signs of early puberty and became obese as adults.
(Low-level arsenic exposure before birth associated with early puberty and obesity in female mice, NIH)
The team fed mice standard chow and either plain drinking water or water with 1% of the commonly used dietary emulsifiers carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
It is not well understood why drinking artificially sweetened beverages compared to drinking water may increase obesity risk.
(Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH)
It is usually spread through food that has been handled by an infected person, or through drinking water that is contaminated with human waste.
(hepatitis E virus, NCI Dictionary)
It is caused by drinking water contaminated with water fleas.
(Dracunculiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
