hard water

hard water

See also: hardwater

English

Noun

hard water (countable and uncountable, plural hard waters)

1. (chemistry) Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.

Antonyms

• soft water

Translations

water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals

Chinese: Mandarin: 硬水 (zh) (yìngshuǐ) Danish: hårdt vand n Dutch: hard water n Finnish: kova vesi French: eau dure (fr) f German: hartes Wasser n Gujarati: કઠિન પાણી (kaṭhin pāṇī)

Irish: uisce crua m Japanese: 硬水 (kōsui) Kazakh: кермек су (kermek sw) Korean: 센물 (senmul) Portuguese: água dura (pt) f Romanian: apă dură f Russian: жёсткая вода́ (ru) f (žóstkaja vodá) Spanish: agua dura f Thai: น้ำกระด้าง (th) (náam-grà-dâang)

See also

• water softener
• heavy water

Anagrams

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