pure water

Distilled drinking supply

Pure water is water free from contaminants, minerals, or additives—H₂O and nothing else.

The term appears in chemistry for water purified through distillation or deionization, and in everyday speech for water considered clean and safe: The mountain spring provided pure water.

Truly pure water is rare in nature; even "pure" drinking water contains trace minerals.

Opposites
purity/contamination

pure watercontaminated water

Impure liquid with pathogens

dirty water · toxic water · sewage · wastewater · muddy water

processing/natural state

pure watertap water

Plumbed household drinking source

mineral water · chlorinated water · spring water · well water · groundwater

composition simplicity

pure watersaltwater

Ocean water, chemically speaking

seawater · brine · saline solution · mineral water · hard water

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