Definitions for water-laid

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water-laid wa·ter-laid

Spelling: [waw-ter-leyd, wot-er-]

IPA: /ˈwɔ tərˌleɪd, ˈwɒt ər-/

Water-Laid is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 442 anagrams from letters in water-laid (-aadeilrtw).

Definitions for water-laid

adjective

1. noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.

Origin of water-laid

First recorded in 1855-60

Examples for water-laid

The lower part of this valley was filled with the water-laid drift of the overwash plain.

Thus they belong to a group of what are called 'water-laid' rocks.