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Definition of waterborne adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waterborne

adjective

/ˈwɔːtəbɔːn/

/ˈwɔːtərbɔːrn/

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spread or carried by water
- cholera and other waterborne diseases
- waterborne goods
compare airborne
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Waterborne is used with these nouns:
disease
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