WATERWHEEL

Meaning of WATERWHEEL in English

[noun] [C] - a large wheel which is turned round by flowing water and used to provide the power for machinerySee picture: Mills

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

WATERWHEEL — noun Date: 15th century a wheel made to rotate by direct action of water, a wheel for raising water
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WATERWHEEL — Machine for tapping the energy of running or falling water (hence a prime mover) by means of a set of …
Английский словарь Британика
WATERWHEEL — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English waterwhele, from water + whele wheel — more at wheel 1. : a wheel made …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATERWHEEL — /waw"teuhr hweel', -weel', wot"euhr-/ , n. 1. a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WATERWHEEL — n. wheel turned by the flow of water thus producing energy
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WATERWHEEL — noun Date: 15th century 1. : a wheel made to rotate by direct action of water 2. : a wheel …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATERWHEEL — ■ noun a large wheel driven by flowing water, used to work machinery or to raise water to a higher …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WATERWHEEL — [wa.ter.wheel] n (15c) 1: a wheel made to rotate by direct action of water 2: a wheel for raising water
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATERWHEEL — mechanical device for tapping the energy of running or falling water by means of a set of paddles mounted around …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATERWHEEL — waterwheel BrE AmE ˈwɔːt ə wiː ə l -hwiː ə l AmE \ ˈwɔːt̬ ə r- ˈwɑːt̬- ▷ waterwheel|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WATERWHEEL — / ˈwɔːtəwiːl; NAmE ˈwɔːtərw-; ˈwɑːt-/ noun a wheel turned by the movement of water, used, especially in the past, to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATERWHEEL — wa ‧ ter ‧ wheel /ˈwɔːtəwiːl $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a large wheel that is turned by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WATERWHEEL — see water wheel
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATERWHEEL — see water wheel
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WATERWHEEL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Five pairs of nineteenth-century fulling stocks are preserved here, as well as the eighteen-foot breastshot …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATERWHEEL — n. Machine for tapping the energy of running or falling water (hence a prime mover) by means of a set …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WATERWHEEL — водяное колесо
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WATERWHEEL — Нория
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WATERWHEEL — Колесо обозрения
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WATERWHEEL — Водяное колесо
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WATERWHEEL — n водяное колесо
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WATERWHEEL — (n) водяное колесо
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WATERWHEEL — n водяное колесо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WATERWHEEL — n водяное колесо
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WATERWHEEL — водяное колесо
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WATERWHEEL — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ hw ē l, - ˌ w ē l Function: noun Date: 15th century 1 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TAILRACE — noun Date: 1776 a race for conveying water away from a point of industrial application (as a waterwheel or turbine) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRIME MOVER — noun Etymology: translation of Medieval Latin primus motor Date: 1809 1. an initial source of motive power (as a windmill, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WATERPOWER — The {{link=waterwheel">waterwheel , probably invented in the 1st century BC, was widely used throughout the Middle Ages and into modern …
Английский словарь Британика
TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY OF — the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOURNEYRON, BENOT — born Oct. 31, 1802, Saint-tienne, Fr. died July 31, 1867, Paris French inventor of the water turbine. The son of …
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