Aquifer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aquifer \aquifer\ n.
     1. an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for
        wells and springs etc.; as, the Oglala aquifer. The water
        contained in an aquifer may be of great age, and in such
        cases is sometimes called
  


     {fossil water}.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aquifer
       n : underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and
           springs etc