Dictionary

gray water en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Water that is not clean enough to be potable, such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials.
   • Its tunnels will have thinned like unhealthy arteries, before twisting and buckling under the weight of the shifting ice, slowly leaching diesel fuel, toxic chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls, grey water and radiological waste. 2020, David Farrier, “The Library of Babel”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:

Forms

Coordinates

sewage · black water

Synonyms

sullage

Translations (22)

ja 中水 (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · cmn 灰水 (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · es aguas grises (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · es agua gris (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · de Nutzwasser (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · vi nước xám (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · hy կենցաղային կեղտաջուր (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · fi harmaa vesi (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · pt água cinza (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · ru бытовы́е сто́чные во́ды (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · ja 雑排水 (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · fr eaux grises (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · pl woda szara (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · cmn 可再利用廢水 /可再利用废水 (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · af gryswater (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · cmn 中水 (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · nl grijswater (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · fi pesuvesi (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · fi harmaavesi (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · ru се́рая вода́ (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · fr eau de ménage (non-potable, but non-toxic water) · de Grauwasser (non-potable, but non-toxic water)