"water meter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water meters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water meter (plural water meters)
  1. A device used to measure the volume of water usage. Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Water Related terms: water gauge Translations (device for measuring water usage volume): водомер (vodomer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 水表 (shuǐbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), vodoměr [masculine] (Czech), vandmåler [common-gender] (Danish), vesimittari (Finnish), compteur d’eau [masculine] (French), Wasserzähler [masculine] (German), vízóra (Hungarian), 水道メーター (suidō-mētā) (Japanese), во́домер (vódomer) [masculine] (Macedonian), wodomierz [masculine] (Polish), registro/relógio de água [masculine] (Portuguese), счётчик воды́ (sčótčik vodý) [masculine] (Russian), водосчётчик (vodosčótčik) [masculine] (Russian), водоме́р (vodomér) [masculine] (Russian), во̏доме̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), во̏домје̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vȍdomēr [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vȍdomjēr [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), medidor de agua [masculine] (Spanish), водолічильник (vodoličylʹnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), водяний лічильник (vodjanyj ličylʹnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), водомір (vodomir) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-water_meter-en-noun-r6PWdlSt Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Water: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'device for measuring water usage volume': 55 45
  2. A device used to measure evaporation. Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Water
    Sense id: en-water_meter-en-noun-PdHw543z Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Water: 55 45

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