Antonyms for body of waterbody of wa·ter

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1. body of waternoun

   Synonyms:
   waterbody, water body

2. body of waternoun

   Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as a river, lake or a bay.

   Synonyms:
   waterbody, water body

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. body of water, waternoun

   the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

   "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"

   Synonyms:
   water system, piddle, water, urine, weewee, piss, pee, water supply

How to use body of water in a sentence?

1. Steve Feltham:

   We get sonar contacts with things that are far bigger than any fish that should live in this body of water, we only get one or two decent sightings a year.

2. Jason Schratwieser:

   I think people want to believe stuff like that. I think that it's exciting to think that there are these strange things throughout the world, but again, for a confined body of water like that, I would be surprised if there was anything monster-ish in there.

3. Leigh Henry:

   The threat is still the gillnet, but Leigh Henry’re now dealing with a whole new industry, instead of legal shrimp fishers, we’re now dealing with transnational organized crime and people working on the black market. In the last few years, the Mexican government has stepped up its efforts to curtail poaching in the Gulf of California – the body of water that separates the Baja Peninsula from the rest of Mexico – adding in June two small boats, a number of vehicles and 135 sailors to an enforcement force deployed in 2015 under the Upper Gulf of California Integrated Protection Program. The new support joined the 13 ships, five vehicles, a helicopter-carrying ship and a plane already deployed to combat illegal fishing in the region. The U.S., which is seen as the main transshipment country for the totoaba’s bladders, has also joined in the fight against traffickers. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1,328 pounds of totoaba fish bladders that were in route to Hong Kong. While conservationists agree that the main battle to save the totoaba and vaquita is in Mexican water, they acknowledge that the demand for the bladders in China is the reason for the illegal trade and argued that officials in Beijing and Hong Kong need to crack down on the underground fish trade. ' WORLD'S SADDEST POLAR BEAR' MOVED AFTER OUTPOURING OF OUTRAGE TOWARDS CHINESE MALL The problem, experts argue, is that wildlife trafficking is so pervasive in the world’s most populous nation that authorities are stretched thin and forced to give priority to larger cases.

4. Yuichi Miyabara:

   We're not talking about a small body of water. It's not like we can artificially mix the entire lake.

5. Diana Nyad:

   There isnothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

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