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[ waw-ter-lis, wot-er- ] / ˈwɔ tər lɪs, ˈwɒt ər- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR waterless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedevoid of water; dry. needing no water, as for cooking. Origin of waterlessbefore 950; Middle English waterlees,Old English waterlēas.See water, -less OTHER WORDS FROM waterlesswa·ter·less·ly, adverbwa·ter·less·ness, nounWords nearby waterlesswater jump, water key, water-laid, waterleaf, waterleaf family, waterless, waterless cooker, water lettuce, water level, water lily, water lily family Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for waterlessIt builds cities like Tucson and Phoenix in waterless deserts. Swallowed By the Sea|Simon Winchester|March 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST A few feet further on was the backyard laid out in a garden with a waterless age-browned concrete fountain in the center. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various The Indus, with its flanking line of waterless desert, was ever a most effectual geographical barrier. The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich In three days the men had fought two exhausting actions in a waterless country and under a tropical sun. The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle
The highest point of the tableland of the Ginevrie Alp was our pass; from it the path dipped suddenly into a waterless dell. Italian Alps|Douglas William Freshfield Jotan had told her something of the long stretches of untracked jungles and waterless plains between Sephar and Ammad. Warrior of the Dawn|Howard Carleton Browne
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