water table

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   underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water

   “spring rains had raised the water table”

   Synonymswater levelgroundwater level

   Broadergeological formation

Questions about water table

What does water table mean?

water table means "underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water".

What is another word for water table?

Close synonyms include water level, groundwater level. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.