| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | phre·at·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: | fr - t k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or relating to ground water. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek phrear, phreat-, well, spring. See bhreu- in Appendix I.
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