"waterdrop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waterdrops [plural], water drop [alternative]
Etymology: From water + drop. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|drop}} water + drop Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} waterdrop (countable and uncountable, plural waterdrops)
  1. (countable) A single drop of water. Tags: countable Translations (single drop of water): vatndropi [masculine] (Faroese), vesipisara (Finnish), Wassertropfen [masculine] (German), vízcsepp (Hungarian), 물방울 (mulbang'ul) (Korean), su damlası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-waterdrop-en-noun-0AA9M5IT Disambiguation of 'single drop of water': 93 7
  2. (countable, uncountable) The dropping of a large amount of water from an aircraft to combat fires. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-waterdrop-en-noun-nDli4ODT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: raindrop

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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