🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

深井戸

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fukai do / shinseido

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deep-well/ˈdiːpˌwɛl/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25400 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"村人たちはきれいな水を得るために深井戸を掘った。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A deep bored or drilled hole in the ground used to access and extract water, petroleum, or gas from deep aquifers or geological formations.

    "The rural community relies entirely on a deep-well to supply clean drinking water during dry seasons."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to or utilizing a shaft or well of significant depth.

    "Engineers installed a deep-well pump system to maintain adequate water pressure."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English adjective 'deop' (meaning deep, profound) and the noun 'welle' (meaning a spring, stream, or water hole). The compound has been used since the 19th century to describe subterranean water extraction structures sunk to considerable depths.

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