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drinking water

noun

  1. water safe for consumption
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. Water that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.

    Near-synonym: tap water (for washing and, ideally, drinking too)

    One day a saint, wandering in the vicinity in search of drinking water, fainted. As he regained his senses, he could hear the trickle of water running from the Pot. He drank his fill and since then the spring has never gone dry.

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