tapwater
tapwater — noun
1. the water that flows out of indoor pipes when you turn on a tap, used for drinki
the water that flows out of indoor pipes when you turn on a tap, used for drinking, cooking, and washing
In Osaka, Haruto fills the kettle with tap water every morning to make green tea.
fill X with tap water — common verb + noun collocation
The hotel warned guests that the tap water was not safe to drink.
tap water + (not) safe to drink — typical drinkability comment
Sahil boiled the tap water for ten minutes before giving it to his baby daughter.
Many villages still have no clean tap water, so families walk to the well.
Restaurants in Berlin often serve free tap water instead of bottled water.
- running water
water supplied through indoor pipes; stresses that it flows on demand
- mains water
British term for water drawn from the public supply network
- bottled water
water sold in sealed containers rather than piped in
用法筆記
Uncountable: use 'some tap water' or 'a glass of tap water', never 'a tap water' or 'tap waters'.