"gray water" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gray waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gray water (countable and uncountable, plural gray waters)
  1. Water that is not clean enough to be potable, such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: sullage, graywater, greywater, grey water Coordinate_terms: black water, sewage Translations (non-potable, but non-toxic water): կենցաղային կեղտաջուր (kencʿaġayin keġtaǰur) (Armenian), 中水 (zhōngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 灰水 (huīshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 可再利用廢水 (Chinese Mandarin), 可再利用废水 (kě zài lìyòng fèishuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), grijswater [neuter] (Dutch), harmaa vesi (Finnish), harmaavesi (Finnish), pesuvesi (Finnish), eau de ménage [feminine] (French), eaux grises [feminine, plural] (French), Grauwasser [neuter] (German), Nutzwasser [neuter] (German), woda szara [feminine] (Polish), água cinza [feminine] (Portuguese), се́рая вода́ (séraja vodá) [feminine] (Russian), бытовы́е сто́чные во́ды (bytovýje stóčnyje vódy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), aguas grises [plural] (Spanish), agua gris [masculine] (Spanish), nước xám (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
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      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
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      "word": "eau de ménage"
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      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
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      "word": "eaux grises"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Grauwasser"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nutzwasser"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "woda szara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "água cinza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séraja vodá",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "се́рая вода́"
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    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bytovýje stóčnyje vódy",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "бытовы́е сто́чные во́ды"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "aguas grises"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "agua gris"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "non-potable, but non-toxic water",
      "word": "nước xám"
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