I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English fresh water (noun phrase), from fresh, fersh fresh + water
: a freshwater pond, lake, stream, or river
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English fresh water (noun phrase used attributively), from fresh water (noun phrase)
1. : of or belonging to water that is not salt : living in or taken from fresh water or a body of fresh water
freshwater fish
freshwater mussels
: consisting of fresh as opposed to salt water
a freshwater stream
: marked by bodies of fresh as opposed to salt water
freshwater areas
: taking place in a body of fresh water
freshwater battles — Martin Levin
2.
a. : accustomed to navigating only in freshwaters
a freshwater sailor
b. obsolete : untrained , unskilled
3. : inland and usually provincial
a small freshwater town — G.Patton
a freshwater college