n. An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.. The water contained in an aquifer may be of great age, and in such cases is sometimes called fossil water.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In geology, a water-bearing bed or stratum, necessarily of some open-textured rock.
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n. underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
Word Usage
"The word aquifer comes from the two Latin words, aqua, or water, and ferre, to bear or carry."