Aquifer Definition

ăkwə-fər, äkwə-
aquifers
noun
An underground layer of permeable rock, sediment, or soil that yields water. Aquifers can range from a few square kilometers to thousands of square kilometers in size.
American Heritage
An underground layer of porous rock, sand, etc. containing water, into which wells can be sunk.
Webster's New World

An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.

The water from the well came from an aquifer.
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Other Word Forms of Aquifer

Noun

Singular:
aquifer
Plural:
aquifers

Origin of Aquifer

  • From Latin aqua (“water”) + ferō (“I bring”)

    From Wiktionary

Aquifer Sentence Examples

  • Finally the water seeps back into the aquifer, ready for further use.

  • The main source of water for the park comes from a borehole drilled 90 meters into a chalk aquifer.

  • A major groundwater aquifer, two fifths of Kuwait's entire freshwater reserve, remains contaminated to this day.

  • This is the UK's second most heavily used aquifer, and pollutant transport is therefore of fundamental environmental interest.

  • Of a tall from an underground aquifer what we do.

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Words Starting With

AAQAQU

Words Ending With

RERFER

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Words Starting With A and Ending With R

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With A7 Letter Words Ending With R