artesian well

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   a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward

   Broaderwell

Questions about artesian well

What does artesian well mean?

artesian well means "a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward".

Is artesian well a common word?

artesian well is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.