List of synonyms from "water elf" to synonyms from "wave mechanics"


Discover all the synonyms available for the terms wave maker, watered down, watery, watershed, watercourse, wattage and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the synonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « water main »

  • As in water pipe : noun pipe through which water moves
Example sentences :
  • Water was supplied to the houses by a water main at the side of the road.
  • Extract from : « The Towns of Roman Britain » by James Oliver Bevan
  • It was hard to understand why a potent political influence should be invoked in order to secure the tapping of a water main.
  • Extract from : « The House » by Eugene Field
  • If the head in the water main is constant, then a definite quantity of water would be delivered in a given time.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 » by Various
  • "Oh, that was why they were so carefully connected with the water main," interrupted Lawrence.
  • Extract from : « L. P. M. » by J. Stewart Barney
  • Hi there—inside—the water main has busted, and the whole town's afloat.
  • Extract from : « Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • A water main runs through the garden, so that copious supplies of water can be given in dry weather with little trouble.
  • Extract from : « Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens » by Ernest Thomas Cook
  • If an excessive pressure is obtained in the boiler, it is relieved in the water main.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
  • This expansion can be allowed to relieve itself in the water main as explained above.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
  • Where fire hydrants are provided, the size of the water main should not be below four inches.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
  • He will find a Bocking water main supplying the houses on the north side and a Braintree water main supplying the south.
  • Extract from : « What is Coming? » by H. G. Wells