WATERCOURSE

watercourse, waterway

(noun) a conduit through which water flows

stream, watercourse

(noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

watercourse

(noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

watercourse (plural watercourses)

Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.

Hyponyms

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Source: Wiktionary


Wa"ter*course`, n. (Shipbuilding)

Definition: One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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