wetter

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wet·​ter ˈwe-tər How to pronounce wetter (audio)

comparative form of the adjective wet

a wetter climate
a plant that grows in wetter regions

wetter

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noun

plural wetters
: one that wets something
a bed wetter
a soil wetter [=a wetting agent used on soil]

Examples of wetter in a Sentence

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Noun
Forecasters said the snow that fell in the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday was dry and fluffy to the north of Washington, D.C., but heavier and wetter to the south. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 Looking in the long term, from February to April, the Kansas City area has equal chances of being hotter or cooler than normal, and wetter or dryer than normal, according to the NWS’s Climate Prediction Center. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025 In the specific context of Minnesota, what does a wetter, warmer climate mean? Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 Since 2020, blazes even burned up homes on the Oregon coast, just inland from the Pacific Ocean in areas once thought almost immune to fire because of a wetter, cooler climate. Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wetter

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1737, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wetter was in 1737

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“Wetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wetter. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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