irrigation
pronunciation
How to pronounce irrigation in British English:
UK [ˌɪrɪˈgeɪʃən]
How to pronounce irrigation in American English:
US [ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
- (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
Word Origin
- irrigation (n.)
- "a supplying of water to land," 1610s, from Latin irrigationem (nominative irrigatio) "a watering," noun of action from past participle stem of irrigare (see irrigate).
Example
- 1. The military had come and built major irrigation works .
- 2. Large towns and extensive irrigation canals were abandoned .
- 3. Irrigation isn 't a long-term global fix .
- 4. Then the federal government built a vast irrigation system .
- 5. Global warming will increase droughts and interfere with irrigation .