Definitions for watershed

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watershed wa·ter·shed

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

IPA: /ˈwɔ tərˌʃɛd, ˈwɒt ər-/

Watershed is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 556 anagrams from letters in watershed (adeehrstw).

Definitions for watershed

noun

1. Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
2. the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area.
3. Architecture. wash (def 44).
4. an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.:

adjective

1. constituting a watershed:

Origin of watershed

First recorded in 1795-1805; water + shed²

Examples for watershed

Accordingly he crossed what is called the 'watershed' between the Rhine and the Danube.

Wilkes, in fact, seemed to be a watershed in early politics.

The watershed of the Sutlej and Jamna runs through the tract.

He tells us about the devastating consequences of these toxins entering the watershed.

The success of Guardians of the Galaxy maybe, just maybe, could be a watershed moment for women.

The alleged FBI and U.S. Attorney investigations into the Newark watershed may have something to do with that.

It follows the watershed from the lake to Oneida, and clears the Mohawk Valley northward.

To say that the past few years have been a watershed period of improvement for LGBT America is an understatement.

In a recent interview with NJTV, Booker called the watershed, “one of the big policy losses that I had in Newark.”

Crossing this lake, yet another "carry" takes us over the watershed.