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If there's a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a very large geography in the world, that choice does not exist.
Muhtar Kent

Meaning of "tap water" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAP WATER

tap water play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAP WATER

noun
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adverb
pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tap water is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAP WATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tap water

Tap water

Tap water is water supplied to a tap inside the household or workplace, replacing the manual carrying of water from sources outside the building. Its uses include drinking, washing, cooking, and the flushing of toilets. Tap water is the essential component of "indoor plumbing", which has existed since antiquity but was available to very few people until the second half of the 19th century, when it began to propagate in what are now the developed countries. It became common in many regions during the 20th century, and is now lacking only among the poor, especially in developing countries. Tap water is often culturally assumed to be potable water, especially in developed countries. More often than not it is potable, although water quality problems are not unusual. Household water purification methods such as water filters, boiling, or distillation can be used when the potability is doubted. The application of technologies involved in providing clean water to homes, businesses, and public buildings is a major subfield of sanitary engineering.

Definition of tap water in the English dictionary

The definition of tap water in the dictionary is water drawn off through taps from pipes in a house, as distinguished from distilled water, mineral water, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAP WATER

tap
tap dance
tap shoes
tap swirl
tap-dance
tap-dancer
tap-dancing
tap-in
tapa
tapacolo
tapadera
tapalo
tapas
tapas bar
tape
tape deck
tape drive
tape echo
tape grass
tape head

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAP WATER

above the water
bath water
blackwater
blood is thicker than water
bottled water
distilled water
drinking water
fresh water
freshwater
Greater
holy water
in deep water
in hot water
like a fish out of water
salt water
saltwater
sweetwater
test the water
underwater
wastewater
water

Synonyms and antonyms of tap water in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tap water» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAP WATER

Find out the translation of tap water to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tap water from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tap water» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自来水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agua del grifo
570 millions of speakers

English

tap water
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नल का पानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ماء الصنبور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

водопроводная вода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

água da torneira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলের পানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´eau du robinet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

air paip
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leitungswasser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水道水
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수돗물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tunyuk banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước máy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழாய் நீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नळाचे पाणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

musluk suyu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acqua di rubinetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

woda z kranu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

водопровідна вода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apa de la robinet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το νερό της βρύσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kraanwater
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kranvatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vann fra springen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tap water

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAP WATER»

The term «tap water» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.989 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAP WATER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tap water» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tap water» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tap water

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3 QUOTES WITH «TAP WATER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tap water.
1
Ishmael Beah
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.
2
Stan Jones
Don't use tap water to make your colloidal silver. Use pure distilled water only. And don't take very large dosages or strong concentrations for long periods of time.
3
Muhtar Kent
If there's a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a very large geography in the world, that choice does not exist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAP WATER»

Discover the use of tap water in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tap water and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lead in Tap Water: CDC Public Health Communications Need ...
While CDC took these actions, among others, to clarify confusion about the effect of elevated lead levels in District tap water, as of January 2011, CDC had no plans to publish an overview of the current knowledge about the contribution of ...
Cynthia A. Bascetti (au), 2011
2
Tap Water as a Hydraulic Pressure Medium
143 5 .4 Biofouling problems 145 5.4.1 Microbiologically influenced corrosion 147 5.5 Microbial growth in tap water hydraulic systems 149 5.6 Controlling microbial growth 153 5.6.1 Preventive actions 153 5.6.2 Mitigating microbial growth 160 ...
Erik Trostmann, 2000
3
Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle ...
In this intelligent, accomplished work of narrative journalism, Elizabeth Royte does for water what Michael Pollan did for food: she finds the people, machines, economies, and cultural trends that bring it from distant aquifers to our ...
Elizabeth Royte, 2011
4
Newts and Salamanders
Chlorine, Chloramine, and Other Additives to Tap Water Chlorine and chloramine are added to tap water for health reasons, but pass through the skin of salamanders and cause sickness or death, both through internal effects on the animal ...
Frank Indiviglio, 1997
5
Geochemistry of Water in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease
average tap water zinc concentration than the soft water high-mortality towns, 0.2 mg/1 compared with 0.4 mg/1. Negative, but not statistically signficant, correlations were the usual finding in the British studies as well. Zinc concentrations in ...
U.S. National Committee for Geochemistry. Panel on the Geochemistry of Water in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease, 1979
6
Water Chlorination: Chemistry, Environmental Impact and ...
Table 2 shows relative risk for bladder cancer with increasing tap water intake level within strata grouped by duration of residence at places with a chlorinated surface source. Risk was not associated with intake among those with no or with 1 ...
Jolley, 1990
7
An Epidemiological Study of Gastrointestinal Health Effects ...
T3 o What Was the Effect of Tap Water Consumption in Participants From the Bottled Water Groups? Subjects in the two bottled water groups were still drinking a significant proportion of tap water, accounting for about 40 percent of their water ...
Pierre Payment, Jack Siemiatycki, 1999
8
Taste at the Tap: A Consumer's Guide to Tap Water Flavor
A Consumer's Guide to Tap Water Flavor Gary A. Burlingame. is an ion-exchange process used to purify water. Deionized water or water that has gone through reverse osmosis (RO) can have a bitter or flat taste and a weaker alkalinity, which  ...
Gary A. Burlingame, 2011
9
Exposure to Contaminants in Drinking Water: Estimating ...
effort to determine the per capita total tap water intake rates for various age/sex groups during winter and summer seasons. Approximately 1000 individuals were surveyed, and intake rates were evaluated as a function of physical activity.
Stephen S Olin, 1998
10
New Progress to Proficiency Student's Book
Attacking the bottled water industry for being "vastly over-priced", Pamela Taylor, the chief executive, said there was little to differentiate it from tap water. Its marketing was based on associations with sport, health and fitness which had no basis ...
Leo Jones, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAP WATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tap water is used in the context of the following news items.
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Toledo has spent $5 million to keep toxins out of tap water
Since then, just over $5 million has been spent at Toledo's drinking water plant to allow it to increase the amount of chemicals needed to get rid of the toxins in ... «Toledo News Now, Jul 15»
2
Illinois American Water pushes for tap water amid E. coli concern
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bottled water company Niagara has issued a voluntary recall of all of its spring water products after discovering its sprig source may have been ... «CInewsNow, Jun 15»
3
Toilet-to-tap water programs gain support in California
Support for a controversial process that purifies wastewater into drinking water is gaining momentum in California despite a major "gross" factor. California's ... «CBS News, Jun 15»
4
Teens Say California Drought Makes Tap Water Taste Funky
A shower is my favorite part of the day. It helps me face school in the morning, or relax in the evening. Even so, I know that with California's four-year drought, ... «NPR, May 15»
5
Climate change, wine costs, tap water taste among Calif. drought's …
A sign posted in Griffith Park by the LADWP urges conserving water on April 2, ... "For the past week, my tap water in Oakland has tasted like steamed onion with ... «UPI.com, Apr 15»
6
Traces of Montana Oil Spill Are Found in Drinking Water
Health officials warned people not to use tap water in Glendive and surrounding towns after traces of benzene from the leak were found in a water treatment ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
7
What's in That Expensive Bottled Water, Anyway?
But the bottom line is this: Close to half of the bottled water sold in the United States is ordinary filtered tap water. A few years ago, the National Resources ... «Adweek, Aug 14»
8
Toledo tap water drinking ban lifted after toxin scare
A water ban that began Saturday and had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, yet some ... «CBC.ca, Aug 14»
9
Portland's E. Coli Scare Has Residents Boiling Tap Water
Portland has issued a notice advising residents to boil tap water after samples taken from the city's water system tested positive for the bacteria E. coli. Residents ... «TIME, May 14»
10
Panic after Chinese city declares tap water toxic
Nearly 2.5 million residents of a major city in west China have been ordered not to drink its tap water after the supply was contaminated with dangerous levels of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»

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