running water

noun

: water distributed through pipes and fixtures
a cabin with hot and cold running water

Examples of running water in a Sentence

a cabin with hot and cold running water
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Drain the berries in a colander in the sink, rinsing them with a light spray of running water. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 July 2025 And of course, the never-ending appreciation for running water. Megan Margulies, Outside Online, 16 July 2025 Start the refreshing process by cutting 1 inch off your sunflowers’ stems and washing away residue on the ends with running water. Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025 Malcom Forbes first purchased the island in 1972 for his personal use and quickly set about modernizing some aspects of the site, upgrading accommodations with sturdier materials and adding running water. Samantha Brooks, Vogue, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for running water

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of running water was in 1856

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“Running water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20water. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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