water level

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1. a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	water gage, water gauge, water glass,
definition	:	gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir (noun.artifact)

2. the level of the surface of a body of water (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	elevation,
definition	:	distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level) (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	sea level,
definition	:	level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth (noun.attribute)

3. a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship (noun.location)

hypernym	:	line,
definition	:	a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent (noun.location)

hyponym	:	load line, plimsoll, plimsoll line, plimsoll mark,
definition	:	waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded (noun.location)

4. underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water (noun.object)

hypernym	:	formation, geological formation,
definition	:	(geology) the geological features of the earth (noun.object)