"water tower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water tower (plural water towers)
  1. A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers. Categories (topical): Water Synonyms: water-tower Translations (tank of water): خَزَّانُ مَاء (ḵazzānu māʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), 水塔 (shuǐtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), vandtårn [neuter] (Danish), watertoren [masculine] (Dutch), akvoturo (Esperanto), vesitorni (Finnish), château d’eau [masculine] (French), Wasserturm [masculine] (German), מגדל מים (migdal maim) [masculine] (Hebrew), víztorony (Hungarian), vatnsturn [masculine] (Icelandic), menara air (Indonesian), túr uisce [masculine] (Irish), 給水塔 (kyūsuitō) (alt: きゅうすいとう) (Japanese), ūdenstornis [masculine] (Latvian), водокула (vodokula) [feminine] (Macedonian), водна кула (vodna kula) [feminine] (Macedonian), menara air (Malay), vanntårn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vasstårn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vasstårn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wieża ciśnień [feminine] (Polish), caixa d'água [feminine] (Portuguese), castelo d'água [masculine] (Portuguese), torre d'água [feminine] (Portuguese), turn de apă [neuter] (Romanian), castel de apă [neuter] (Romanian), водонапо́рная ба́шня (vodonapórnaja bášnja) [feminine] (Russian), водока́чка (vodokáčka) [feminine] (Russian), torre de agua [feminine] (Spanish), vattentorn [neuter] (Swedish), su kulesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-water_tower-en-noun-UFA49kUL Disambiguation of Water: 74 26 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: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'tank of water': 93 7
  2. (archaic) A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-water_tower-en-noun-Fk6XtYsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46

Inflected forms

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