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water butt

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a barrel for collecting rainwater, esp from a drainpipe

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water butt - a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater

butt - a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

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butt water			Rainwater is better for plants so capture rainfall all year round by placing a water butt by sheds, greenhouses and conservatories. Small steps to use water wisely by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Judges were particularly impressed with the inventiveness of the owner who has invented a mechanism which easily allows toilets to flush either by using mains water or rain water collected and stored in a water butt. GOLD by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Ten years ago we were all advised to buy a water butt because summers would become hotter and drier, with more frequent heatwaves. Earth can look after itself; VIEWPOINTS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			Water bath Water battery water bear Water Bearer water bed Water beech water beetle Water bellows water birch water bird water biscuit water bitternut Water blackbird water blister water bloom water boatman water bottle water boy Water brain water brash Water breather Water bridge Water buck water buffalo water bug water butt water buttercup water cabbage water caltrop Water can Water canker water cannon water carpet Water carriage Water Carrier Water cart Water cavy Water celery Water cell Water cement water chestnut water chestnut plant Water chevrotain Water chicken Water chickweed water chinquapin water chute water clock water closet water clover Water cock			water bottle heart Water bottles Water Bound Macadam water boy Water brain Water brake Water brake Water brake water brash water brash water brash water brash Water break Water breather Water bridge Water bridge Water bridge Water bridges Water bridges Water bridges Water buck water budget water buffalo water buffalo water buffalo water bug water bug Water Bug Trap Water bus water bush water butt water buttercup Water butts water cabbage water cabbage Water Cadastre water calla water calla water callas water callas water calorimeter water caltrop water caltrop water caltrops water caltrops Water can Water canker water cannon water cannons water carpet Water carriage Water Carrier water cart Water Catchment Water Catchment Water catchment area Water catchment area Water Catchment Management Areas Water cavy Water celery Water celery

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