"white water" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} white water (uncountable)
  1. Any turbulent or frothy water as found in river rapids or surf. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: whitewater, white-water Derived forms: white-water canoeing, whitewater rafting Translations (turbulent or frothy water): kuohut [plural] (Finnish), eau vive [feminine] (French), Wildwasser [neuter] (German), آق صو (ak su) (Ottoman Turkish), forsar [plural] (Swedish), skum [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-white_water-en-noun-jlVFoTeI Disambiguation of Water: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'turbulent or frothy water': 81 19
  2. (figuratively) Turbulent conditions. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Translations (turbulent conditions): kuohut [plural] (Finnish), turbulens [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-white_water-en-noun-SN3Pwbf1 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'turbulent conditions': 8 92

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