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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blackwater.wav Forms: blackwaters [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English black Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English blackwater From black + water. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|af|en>black>color|en>water>liquid|id=black water|tree=1}} Etymology tree English black Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English blackwater, {{compound|en|black|water}} black + water Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} blackwater (usually uncountable, plural blackwaters)
  1. Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
    Water that contains dark organic matter such as loam or tannins.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases, Water
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  2. Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
    (river classification) Water that is acidic and low in nutrients.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases
    Sense id: en-blackwater-en-noun-en:river_classification Disambiguation of Diseases: 28 28 32 13 Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 11 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 11 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 12 34 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 10 34 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 13 31 31
  3. Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases, Toilet (room) Translations (contaminated waste water): swartwater (Afrikaans), կեղտաջուր (keġtaǰur) (Armenian), կոյուղաջուր (koyuġaǰur) (Armenian), 黑水 (hēishuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 污水 (wūshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), zwart water [neuter] (Dutch), zwartwater [neuter] (Dutch), käymälävesi (Finnish), eaux noires (French), Schwarzwasser (German), acqua di scolo (Italian), acque nere (Italian), esgoto [masculine] (Portuguese), фека́льный отхо́д (fekálʹnyj otxód) [masculine] (Russian), чёрная вода́ (čórnaja vodá) [feminine] (Russian), agua negra [feminine] (Spanish), nước đen (Vietnamese), nước bẩn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-blackwater-en-noun-sCKvHaWT Disambiguation of Diseases: 28 28 32 13 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 20 16 38 27 Categories (other): English entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 22 14 39 25 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 12 39 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 13 39 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 6 32 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 7 43 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 13 40 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 26 14 34 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 26 14 34 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 11 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 11 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 9 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 12 34 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 10 34 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 13 31 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 16 33 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 11 37 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 10 35 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 26 14 34 27 Disambiguation of 'contaminated waste water': 24 16 34 26
  4. Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases Synonyms (waste water likely to contain fecal matter): brown water, foul water, sewage
    Sense id: en-blackwater-en-noun-en:urine__feces__sewage Disambiguation of Diseases: 28 28 32 13 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 6 32 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 11 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 11 32 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 9 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 12 34 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 10 34 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 13 31 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 10 35 32 Disambiguation of 'waste water likely to contain fecal matter': 23 6 16 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: black water

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    "Blackwater (waste)",
    "Blackwater fever",
    "Blackwater river"
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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    "en:Toilet (room)",
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        "Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.",
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          "text": "She began talking of the way they had died – blackwater, malaria, a neglected appendix.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum."
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          "ref": "2009 March 1, “Letter: Green Cruising Efforts”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Ms. Conlin failed to report, among other things, that air emissions are regulated and that our industry is exploring new technologies to further reduce emissions; that our ships treat all blackwater; and that advanced wastewater purification systems discharge water cleaner than most municipal water treatment plants.",
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        "Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter."
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      "sense": "waste water likely to contain fecal matter",
      "word": "brown water"
    },
    {
      "sense": "waste water likely to contain fecal matter",
      "word": "foul water"
    },
    {
      "sense": "waste water likely to contain fecal matter",
      "word": "sewage"
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      "word": "black water"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "swartwater"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "keġtaǰur",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "կեղտաջուր"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "koyuġaǰur",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "կոյուղաջուր"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēishuǐ",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "黑水"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūshuǐ",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "污水"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zwart water"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zwartwater"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "käymälävesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "eaux noires"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "Schwarzwasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "acqua di scolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "acque nere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esgoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fekálʹnyj otxód",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фека́льный отхо́д"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čórnaja vodá",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "чёрная вода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agua negra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "nước đen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "contaminated waste water",
      "word": "nước bẩn"
    }
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    "Blackwater (waste)",
    "Blackwater fever",
    "Blackwater river"
  ],
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}

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