"water cooler" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more water cooler [comparative], most water cooler [superlative]
Etymology: Attributive use of the noun. Head templates: {{en-adj}} water cooler (comparative more water cooler, superlative most water cooler)
  1. Of the nature of things discussed around a water cooler. Synonyms: water-cooler, watercooler Related terms: barroom, cracker-barrel
    Sense id: en-water_cooler-en-adj-aaaSQtNd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: water coolers [plural]
Etymology: For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scuttlebutt}} scuttlebutt Head templates: {{en-noun}} water cooler (plural water coolers)
  1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water. Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: water dispenser Derived forms: water cooler effect Translations (dispenser of cooled drinking water): بَرَّاد (barrād) [masculine] (Arabic), بَرَّادة (barrāda) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), 饮水机 (yǐnshuǐjī) (Chinese Mandarin), vesiautomaatti (Finnish), Wotakjeela [masculine] (Plautdietsch), bebedouro (refrigerado) [masculine] (Portuguese), ตู้กดน้ำ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-water_cooler-en-noun-4AoQZLTc Disambiguation of Water: 23 44 8 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 49 14 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 52 9 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 52 13 23 Disambiguation of 'dispenser of cooled drinking water': 96 4
  2. (figuratively) A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip. Tags: figuratively Translations (location in the workplace): vesiautomaatti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_cooler-en-noun-VR4nX6jr Disambiguation of 'location in the workplace': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: water coolers [plural]
Etymology: A category of cooling device. Head templates: {{en-noun}} water cooler (plural water coolers)
  1. A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.
    Sense id: en-water_cooler-en-noun-G5djPePX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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