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white water

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white water
n.
Turbulent or frothy water, as in rapids or surf.
white water
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a stretch of water with a broken foamy surface, as in rapids
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) light-coloured sea water, esp over shoals or shallows
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Noun1.white waterwhite water - frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
whitewater
foam, froth - a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"


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The sea was calm except for the white water at our bows and the two long radiating swells running far off into the distance upon either hand astern, forming a great V which our propellers filled with choppy waves.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He is the most gamesome and light-hearted of all the whales, making more gay foam and white water generally than any other of them.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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