What does first water mean?

first water means "the highest quality gems".

Is first water a common word?

first water 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.

First water — meaning and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the highest quality gems
Broadersuperiority

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What does first water mean?: first water means "the highest quality gems".
Is first water a common word?: first water 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for first water come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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