porewater

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noun

The water that fills the pores between the grains of sediment etc.

OriginEnglish water ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter →
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Meanings

nounporewater (countable and uncountable, plural porewaters)

plural porewaters · alternative pore water · alternative pore-water

  1. countableuncountablegeographyThe water that fills the pores between the grains of sediment etc.

Origin

  1. Englishpore
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  5. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  6. Old Englishwæter
  7. Middle Englishwater
  8. Englishwater
  9. Englishporewater

From pore + water.

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APA

porewater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porewater

MLA

“porewater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porewater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porewater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porewater.

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