Noun: aquifer
| Singular | aquifer |
| Plural | aquifers |
Sample Sentences
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The water in the well came from an aquifer.
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An aquifer is rock or sediment that holds groundwater – rain that is held below the surface of the soil and collected in empty spaces underground. Aquifers feed rivers to keep their flows at a healthy level, and are also important sources of water when reservoirs or other sources run low. [2023 August 16, Helena Horton, “United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer”, in The Guardian:]
Nouns inflected like aquifer
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English aqui-
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-ós
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós
6. Proto-Italic *-foros
7. Latin -ferder.
8. English -fer
9. English aquifer
10. From aqui- + -fer.
Verbs referencing "aquifer"
German Nouns
Aquifer.