Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Naturally occurring or prepared water that contains dissolved mineral salts, elements, or gases, often used therapeutically.
Wiktionary
- n. Water, containing dissolved minerals, which has been treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) before being bottled; used either therapeutically or out of preference.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See under Water.
- n. waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature.
WordNet 3.0
- n. water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically
Examples
“They sat in white wicker chairs while a timorous young island woman in salmon pink brought the champagne bucket, glasses, and a flavored mineral water for Qwilleran.”
“Another, staving off an impending hangover, leaned at an open window high in his lake-facing hotel room, drinking an iced mineral water and stuffing himself with deep breaths.”
“He was in seat 3A, with a glass of sparkling mineral water beside him on the armrest tray and a newspaper open on his lap.”
“He required two meetings a week with me and the three other associates where he tackled everything from late-paying clients to the brand of mineral water to be kept in the kitchen refrigerator.”
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