irrigation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
  2. noun (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.

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