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  • noun Water originating from a spring.
  • noun Water purported to be from and marketed as spring water but in actuality mostly or entirely filtered or tap water

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Examples

  • “In its day, children, this was the most desirable tourist house in upstate New York, nestled between two mountains with a lake fed by springwater that was once so crystal clear you could see the eyes of fish swimming around.”

    Raven V.C Andrews 2011

  • “In its day, children, this was the most desirable tourist house in upstate New York, nestled between two mountains with a lake fed by springwater that was once so crystal clear you could see the eyes of fish swimming around.”

    Raven V.C Andrews 2011

  • “We have the Basin, the springwater, and we know the location of the Fourth Vertex,” Pooh Bear said.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Carnivore said, “After the Fourth Pillar is cleansed in the Basin, the Basin itself and some springwater will be dispatched to meet my Fifth Pillar at Diego Garcia, where West the Elder will use his influence in the US military to warrant its safe passage into and out of the American base there.”

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Carnivore said, “After the Fourth Pillar is cleansed in the Basin, the Basin itself and some springwater will be dispatched to meet my Fifth Pillar at Diego Garcia, where West the Elder will use his influence in the US military to warrant its safe passage into and out of the American base there.”

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • The only sound was that of the soft trickle of springwater issuing from it.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • After that second cleansing Iolanthe had departed immediately, boarding a waiting private jet—taking the Basin, some springwater, and the Firestone with her—while Pooh Bear and his team were pushed onto this military helicopter with orders to find the Fourth Vertex and plant the Pillar there.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • “We collect as much of the springwater as we can carry.”

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Iolanthe turned to Jack: I have the Firestone, the Basin, and the springwater.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • “We have the Basin, the springwater, and we know the location of the Fourth Vertex,” Pooh Bear said.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

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