Watermill

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mill powered by water.; The machine or device itself.

    "Near-synonym: water engine"

  2. 2
    A mill powered by water.; The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.

    "Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity."

Synonyms

All synonyms
water engine

Example

More examples

"There was a watermill below the dam."

Etymology

From water + mill.

Related phrases

water wheel

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