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freshwater definition

fresh·water (fres̸h′wôt′ər)

adjective

  1. of or living in water that is not salty
    1. accustomed to sailing only on inland waters, not on the sea a freshwater sailor
    2. unskilled
    1. in or of the hinterland; inland
    2. ☆ somewhat provincial or obscure a freshwater college

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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