Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or out of preference.

Alternative spelling of barley water

(Britain) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar / (medicine, archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.

plural of water fountain

A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.

plural of water clock

A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes), allowing people to fetch a drink.

A toy gun used to shoot water.

(sciences, uncountable) Ice made of frozen water; water in a solid physical state, especially when distinguished from other frozen substances. Contrast liquid water, water vapor.

(uncountable) Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking. / (countable) A corm of a plant of this species. / A water caltrop (Trapa natans).