What does rainwater mean?

Definitions for rainwater
ˈreɪnˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ərrain·wa·ter

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rainwater.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rain, rainwaternoun

    drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Wiktionary

  1. rainwaternoun

    Rainfall.

  2. rainwaternoun

    Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

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  1. rainwater

    Rainwater refers to the water that falls from clouds in the sky during a precipitation event, such as a storm. This includes water that falls as rain, drizzle, or snow. Collected from rooftops or other surfaces, rainwater is often used for watering plants, irrigation, or other household needs. In some systems, after being treated, it can be suitable as drinking water.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RAINWATER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rainwater is ranked #4949 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rainwater surname appeared 7,111 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Rainwater.

    83.8% or 5,961 total occurrences were White.
    5.1% or 367 total occurrences were Black.
    4.5% or 322 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.3% or 235 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2.6% or 187 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.5% or 39 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rainwater in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rainwater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of rainwater in a Sentence

  1. Nadia Khader:

    The walls of the older castle were different in its design of the newest castle, where rooms [were] filled with sand, pottery and dem were built inside the walls of the fences at regular distances, perhaps the purpose of reducing pressure on the 11 M Castle Wall Body, and maybe these rooms are also used as rainwater banks and are a feature of architecture during the Zionist era. The oldest castle is also likely to be the largest space of the castle previously discovered.

  2. Munin Das:

    We have been traditionally dependent on the rainwater for our cultivation (for) generations, but now as the rainfall has become unpredictable, it is not possible.

  3. Gilbert Jaffe:

    I've been collecting water for a couple of years, i use the rainwater for my garden.

  4. Gilbert Jaffe:

    I use the rainwater for my garden.

  5. Gilad Itach:

    It is difficult not to be impressed by the sight of the immense underground reservoir quarried out so many years ago, in antiquity, rainwater collection and storage was a fundamental necessity. With an annual rainfall of 500 millimeters( 20 inches), the region’s winter rains would easily have filled the huge reservoir.

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