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Waterborne

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Floating on or supported by water; afloat.

adj. Transported by water: waterborne freight.

adj. Transmitted in water: waterborne disease-causing microorganisms.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. transported or transmitted by water

adj. floating on the water; afloat

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. transported by water

adj. supported by water

Word Usage

"But if a source close to Saudi intelligence is correct, and bin Laden has a so-called waterborne illness, experts say that could mean typhoid fever, dysentery, possibly E. coli, all potentially fatal but also recoverable."

Equivalent

mobile afloat

Same Context

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