"stormwater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-stormwater.wav [US] Forms: stormwaters [plural]
Etymology: storm + water Etymology templates: {{compound|en|storm|water}} storm + water Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stormwater (countable and uncountable, plural stormwaters)
  1. Water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Water Translations (water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream): waiāwhā (Maori), oborinska voda [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-stormwater-en-noun-cFmnwlM~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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