ADJ

boiling, cold, hot, ice-cold, lukewarm, tepid, warm
clean, clear, crystal-clear, pure
dirty
fresh
brackish, salt
These fish will quickly die in salt water
salty
Abscesses should be bathed in warm salty water
salted
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water
hard, soft
flowing, running
the fast-flowing water of the river All the rooms have hot and cold running water
river, sea
surface
The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers
drinking
tap
Avoid drinking the tap water when you first arrive in the country
bottled, mineral, spring
waste
scarce

QUANT

drop

VERB + WATER

drink
pour
slosh, spill, splash, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt
Don't slosh too much water on the floor when you're having a bath. The burst pipe was spurting water everywhere
filter, purify
contaminate, pollute
turn off/on
They turned the water off for a few hours to do some work on the pipes

WATER + VERB

flow, pour, run
gush, spurt
Brown water gushed out of the rusty old tap
drip, trickle
There was water dripping from a hole in the ceiling
lap, slosh, spill, splash, spray, squirt
Water had got into the boat and was sloshing about under our feet
boil, freeze

WATER + NOUN

vapour
temperature
pressure
supply
resources
quality
purification, treatment
filter
pollution
shortage
level
table
Building can be difficult where the water table lies close to the surface
power
company, industry

PHRASES

water-repellent
water-repellent leather
water-resistant
a water-resistant watch

ADJ

deep, shallow
clear
muddy, murky, stagnant
calm, placid, still
the calm waters of Lake Como
choppy, rough, stormy
dangerous, safe
At last the boat reached safer waters
flood
The flood water had caused tremendous damage
rising
They climbed a tree to escape the rising water
bathing

WATER + NOUN

sports

PREP

by ~
Many goods were transported by water in the last century
in the ~
I saw something large floating in the water
on the ~
The swan landed gracefully on the water
through the ~
The boat cut effortlessly through the water
under the ~
An abandoned village lies under the water of the reservoir

PHRASES

the water's edge
She crouched at the water's edge to wash her hands

ADJ

territorial
coastal
tropical
northern, southern
Antarctic, Arctic
Atlantic, Pacific, etc.
home, foreign, international
Japanese, etc.
uncharted
The ship had drifted into uncharted waters

PREP

in/into … ~
The submarine had strayed into Russian waters