Definitions for aquifer

aquifer aq·ui·fer

Spelling: [ak-wuh-fer]
IPA: /ˈæk wə fər/

Aquifer is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in aquifer (aefiqru).

Definitions for aquifer

noun

  1. any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, especially one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc.

Origin of aquifer

1900-05; probably French aquifère (adj.); see aqui-, -fer

Examples for aquifer

Palestinians are only allowed to dig wells 150 meters deep, but Israelis dig to the aquifer.

Which will supply the larger region with artesian wells, an aquifer whose dip is steep or one whose dip is gentle?

Vast stretches of Texas farmland lying over the aquifer no longer support irrigation.

Improper mining could kill the Kabul River and poison the aquifer for generations to come.

The aquifer dips toward the region of the wells from higher ground, where it outcrops and receives its water.

In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry.

Refilling the aquifer would require hundreds, if not thousands, of years of rains.

And we know just what the strata formations are both below the reservoir and in the aquifer downstream.

Word Value for aquifer
Scrable

19

Words with friends

20

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