table water
Plain served water
Table water is plain drinking water served at meals, as opposed to sparkling water, mineral water, or other beverages.
The term distinguishes ordinary water from waters with special properties or carbonation: Would you prefer table water or sparkling?
The phrase is more common in formal dining contexts and in British English.
- bottledStored in glass vessels
- glass bottleTransparent rigid container
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- purifiedCleared of unwanted substances
sparkling · filtered · spring · trace minerals · artesian · natural springs · hydration · alkaline · natural · potable · carbonated · aquifers · calcium-rich · effervescence · magnesium-rich · pH balance · mineral spa · hardness
- drinking watersip, gulp, swallow, drink, cup
- still waterpond, lake, pool, puddle, reservoir
- Healing Watershealing spring, mineral spring, hot spring, thermal spring, thermal bath
table watersparkling water
Carbonated, unflavored drink
carbonated water · soda water · fizzy water · seltzer · club soda
table watermineral water
Naturally occurring dissolved-element beverage
spring water · artesian water · spa water · Evian · Voss
table watermineral water
Naturally occurring dissolved-element beverage
spring water · distilled water · purified water · holy water · seawater
table, water, tables, tabled, tabling, tabular, tabulate, tabulation, tabletop