Definitions for water level

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

wa′ter lev`el(n.)

  1. the surface level of any body of water.

  2. the level to which a vessel is immersed; water line.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

Origin of water level:

1555–65

Princeton's WordNet

  1. water level(noun)

    the level of the surface of a body of water

  2. water table, water level, groundwater level(noun)

    underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water

    "spring rains had raised the water table"

  3. waterline, water line, water level(noun)

    a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship

  4. water level(noun)

    a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube

Wiktionary

  1. water level(Noun)

    The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line

  2. water level(Noun)

    The level of the water table below ground

  3. water level(Noun)

    The waterline of a ship

Webster Dictionary

  1. Water level(u)

    the level formed by the surface of still water

  2. Water level(u)

    a kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n


Translations for water level

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

water level(noun)

the level of the surface of a mass of water

The water level in the reservoir is sinking/rising.

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