groundwater

The definition of groundwater, or ground water, is water located beneath the surface of the earth.

(noun)

The water that your well draws from under the ground is an example of groundwater.

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See groundwater in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

water found underground in porous rock strata and soils, as in a spring
also written ground water

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