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waterstuff¹

  • /ˈwɔtəɹstəf/
  • /ˈwɔtəɹ stəf/
  • [ˈwoːtʰəstəf] British, Southern, Standard
  • [ˈwoːtʰə stəf] British, Southern, Standard

Where it comes from

Compound of water + stuff.

Alternative spellings

* water-stuff

* water stuff

noun

  1. uncountable Things containing, associated with, or involving water. Any application to the atmosphere of thermodynamics which assumes that waterstuff below 0° C. is ice must necessarily lead the investigator into error.

waterstuff²

  • /ˈwɔtəɹstəf/
  • /ˈwɔtəɹ stəf/
  • [ˈwoːtʰəstəf] British, Southern, Standard
  • [ˈwoːtʰə stəf] British, Southern, Standard

Where it comes from

From water + stuff. Calque of Dutch waterstof (“hydrogen”) or German Wasserstoff (“hydrogen”).

noun

  1. nonstandard, rare, uncountable Hydrogen. This is approximately the heat of exploding what the Germans call bang-gas (mixture of sourstuff and waterstuff), the result being liquid.

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"waterstuff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/waterstuff. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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waterstuff. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/waterstuff

Chicago

"waterstuff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/waterstuff.

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@misc{waterstuff_2026,
  title = {waterstuff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waterstuff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}