tap water

noun

: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)

Examples of tap water in a Sentence

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Due to rising sea levels, the ocean is slowly encroaching into coastal land in North Carolina, seeping into the ground and making tap water more salty, according to a new paper in the journal Water Resources Research. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 And the only way to know if the water is safe would be to regularly test it for the more than 90 contaminants that tap water is monitored for, experts said. Jill Schweber, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, many Americans have misperceptions about the purity of tap water. Whizy Kim, Vox, 20 Dec. 2024 Fluoridation of tap water has generated local controversies ever since it was introduced in the U.S. in 1945. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tap water 

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tap water was in 1881

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“Tap water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20water. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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tap water

noun
: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)
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