water table

English

Noun

water table (plural water tables)

1. (geology) The level, underground, below which the ground is saturated with water.

   Synonym: phreatic surface

   Hypernym: table

   • 2020 November 18, Paul Stephen, “Preparing for the big push at Werrington”, in Rail, page 57:

     The heavy rain, combined with the high-water table in the flat Fenland landscape, made for difficult working conditions which was already threatening NR's preparedness for the nine-day blockade in September.

2. (architecture) A molding or other projection in the wall of a building to throw off rainwater.

Translations

level underground

• Czech: hladina podzemní vody f
• Dutch: grondwaterstand (nl) m, freatisch vlak
• Finnish: pohjavedenpinta
• French: nappe phréatique (fr) f
• German: Grundwasserspiegel m
• Hungarian: talajvízszint (hu) sg
• Irish: maoschlár m, uiscechlár m
• Macedonian: хидроста́тско ниво́ n (hidrostátsko nivó), ниво́ на подземни води n (nivó na podzemni vodi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grunnvannsspeil n

• Plautdietsch: Wotaloag f
• Polish: zwierciadło wód podziemnych n
• Portuguese: lençol freático
• Romanian: pânză freatică f
• Russian: у́ровень грунто́вых вод (úrovenʹ gruntóvyx vod)
• Spanish: mesa de agua f, tabla de agua

References

• water table on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• table water