waterskin

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noun

A container for water made of skin.

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water skin
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Meanings

nounwaterskin (plural waterskins)

plural waterskins

  1. A container for water made of skin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna container of skin for holding water

Similar
water skin
Broader
skin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From water + skin.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀσκός
  • ἀσκός (askós)container
Arabic قِرْبَة
  • قِرْبَة (qirba)container
Bulgarian кожен мях за вода
  • кожен мях за вода (kožen mjah za voda)container
Dutch lapzak
  • lapzakcontainer
Finnish nahkaleili
  • nahkaleilicontainer
Italian otre
  • otrecontainer
Persian مشک
  • مشک (mašk)container
Portuguese odre
  • odrecontainer
Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕ
  • ਮਸ਼ਕ (maśak)container
Romanian burduf
  • burdufcontainer
Russian бурдю́к
  • бурдю́к (burdjúk)container
Swahili kiriba
  • kiribacontainer
Swedish vattenlägel, vattenskinn
  • vattenlägelcontainer
  • vattenskinncontainer

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sinkwater
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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