Definitions for water system

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

wa′ter sys`tem(n.)

  1. a river and all its branches.

    Category: Geography (terms)

  2. a system of supplying water, as throughout a metropolitan area.

    Category: Civil Engineering

Origin of water system:

1825–35

Princeton's WordNet

  1. water system(noun)

    a river and all of its tributaries

  2. water system, water supply, water(noun)

    a facility that provides a source of water

    "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water"


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