Definition of "water table" []

• A projecting ledge, molding, or stringcourse along the side of a building, designed to throw off rainwater. (noun)
• The level below which the ground is completely saturated with water. Also called water level. (noun)

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• ""The water table is dangerously high," said her husband, whose sober mien was emphasized by owl-like eyeglasses."
• "In New Orleans, that meant the first floor, beneath the steps heading up to the main floor, because there were no real basements in a city built below sea level, a city with a water table not two feet beneath the surface."
• "In the days before the Wizard had mucked up the water table and wreaked havoc with a centuries-old way of life, the Bengda district had thrived in one of the few dry areas, humps of sandy hill on either side of Waterslip."