aquifer
pronunciation
How to pronounce aquifer in British English:
UK [ˈækwɪfə(r)]
How to pronounce aquifer in American English:
US [ˈækwɪfər]
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- Noun:
- underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
Word Origin
- aquifer (n.)
- 1897, coined from Latin aqui-, comb. form of aqua "water" (see aqua-) + -fer "bearing," from ferre "to bear" (see infer).
Example
- 1. The wine region 's first water came from an ancient aquifer .
- 2. But it is running out of water , with farmers driving wells deeper and deeper into the underlying aquifer .
- 3. Israel extracts about 65 % of the upper jordan , leaving the occupied west bank dependent on a brackish trickle and a mountain aquifer , access to which israel also controls .