water level

n 1: the level of the surface of a body of water

2: underground surface below which the ground is wholly

saturated with water: "spring rains had raised the water

table" [syn: {water table}, {groundwater level}]

3: a line painted on the hull of a ship to correspond with the

surface of the water when the ship is afloat on an even

keel [syn: {waterline}, {water line}]

4: a device that gauges the level by showing the surface of the

water in a trough or U-shaped tube