freshwater

«freshwater» in Mova's school dictionary: not salty, like the water in most rivers, lakes, ponds… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (freshwater — no other forms); noun (fresh water, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Freshwater describes water that is not salty, like the water in most rivers, lakes, ponds and streams. tree →

2) Freshwater animals and plants live in water that is not salty: a trout is a freshwater fish. tree →

3) (noun, written as two words) Fresh water is water without salt that people, animals and plants can drink or use. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography, freshwater is the opposite of saltwater (sea water). Pupils learn that only a tiny part of the water on Earth is fresh, and much of that is frozen in ice caps and glaciers, so we must save water. Habitats are sorted into freshwater (ponds, rivers, lakes) and marine (sea). In everyday life it comes up with fishing, aquariums and drinking water. Phrases: «freshwater fish», «freshwater lake», «freshwater habitat», «fresh water supply».

examples

• A pond is a freshwater habitat. tree →
• Trout and perch are freshwater fish. tree →
• Most of the Earth's fresh water is frozen in ice. tree →
• We cannot drink sea water, we need fresh water. tree →
• The freshwater crayfish hides under stones in the stream. tree →
• Lake Superior is one of the biggest freshwater lakes in the world. tree →
• Our class kept tadpoles in a freshwater tank. tree →
• Frogs lay their eggs in freshwater ponds. tree →

note

As an adjective before a noun it is one word: «a freshwater lake». As a noun phrase it is usually two words: «we need fresh water». Uncountable: «some fresh water», not «a fresh water». Fresh water is not always safe to drink — river water may carry germs. Opposite: saltwater, sea water, marine.

In the corpora

• Lake Superior, between Canada and the United States, is the largest freshwater lake by area, at about 82,000 square kilometres.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «freshwater» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.