"water wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water wheel (plural water wheels)
  1. A wheel, propelled by running or falling water, used to power machinery. Translations (wheel propelled by water): waterwiel (Afrikaans), вадзяное кола (vadzjanóje kóla) [neuter] (Belarusian), водно колело (vodno kolelo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), roda hidràulica [feminine] (Catalan), 水車 (Chinese Mandarin), 水车 (shuǐchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 水輪 (Chinese Mandarin), 水轮 (shuǐlún) (Chinese Mandarin), vodní kolo [neuter] (Czech), møllehjul (Danish), waterrad (Dutch), akvorado (Esperanto), vesipyörä (Finnish), roue à aubes [feminine] (French), rodicio [masculine] (Galician), წყლის ბორბალი (c̣q̇lis borbali) (Georgian), Wasserrad [neuter] (German), גלגל מים (Hebrew), पनचक्की (pancakkī) (Hindi), Wasserraat [neuter] (Hunsrik), vatnshjól (Icelandic), kincir air (Indonesian), bindolo [masculine] (Italian), ruota idraulica [feminine] (Italian), 水車 (suisha) (alt: すいしゃ) (Japanese), 수차 (sucha) (Korean), ūdensrats (Latvian), vandens ratas (Lithuanian), पाणचक्की (pāṇcakkī) [feminine] (Marathi), vannhjul (Norwegian), hlædhwēol [neuter] (Old English), hlædtrendel [masculine] (Old English), طولاب (dolab) (Ottoman Turkish), چرخ آبی (Persian), koło wodne [neuter] (Polish), roda de água [feminine] (Portuguese), водяно́е колесо́ (vodjanóje kolesó) [neuter] (Russian), vodeničko kolo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vodné koleso [neuter] (Slovak), rueda hidráulica [feminine] (Spanish), ساقية (sāgiya) (Sudanese Arabic), vattenhjul (Swedish), lagumba (Tagalog), su çarkı (Turkish), водяне колесо (vodjane koleso) [neuter] (Ukrainian), bánh xe nước (Vietnamese)
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  2. A wheel with buckets used to raise water. Synonyms (wheel with buckets): noria Translations (wheel to raise water): dolab (Azerbaijani), 水輪 (Chinese Mandarin), 水轮 (shuǐlún) (Chinese Mandarin), vesipyörä (Finnish), kincir air (Indonesian), صو طولابی (su dolabı) (Ottoman Turkish), دولابه (Persian), azud [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), azuda [feminine] (Spanish), aceña [feminine] (Spanish), noria [feminine] (Spanish), aguaducho [masculine] (Spanish), ceña [feminine] (Spanish), cenia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-water_wheel-en-noun-QPtY8xd3 Disambiguation of 'wheel with buckets': 13 87 Disambiguation of 'wheel to raise water': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waterwheel, water-wheel

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          "word": "roda de água"
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          "roman": "vodjanóje kolesó",
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          "word": "vodeničko kolo"
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
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          "word": "vodné koleso"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "rueda hidráulica"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
          "word": "vattenhjul"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
          "word": "lagumba"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
          "word": "su çarkı"
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
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          "word": "водяне колесо"
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          "_dis1": "66 34",
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          "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
          "word": "bánh xe nước"
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          "text": "Coordinate term: Archimedes' screw"
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          "sense": "wheel to raise water",
          "word": "水輪"
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          "_dis1": "30 70",
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          "roman": "shuǐlún",
          "sense": "wheel to raise water",
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          "_dis1": "30 70",
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          "word": "vesipyörä"
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          "_dis1": "30 70",
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      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "_dis1": "55 45",
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}
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "roda hidràulica"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "水車"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐchē",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "水輪"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shuǐlún",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "水轮"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
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      "word": "vodní kolo"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "møllehjul"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "waterrad"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "akvorado"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "vesipyörä"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "roue à aubes"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rodicio"
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      "roman": "c̣q̇lis borbali",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "წყლის ბორბალი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Wasserrad"
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "גלגל מים"
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "पनचक्की"
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
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      "word": "Wasserraat"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "vatnshjól"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "kincir air"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bindolo"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ruota idraulica"
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      "alt": "すいしゃ",
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      "roman": "suisha",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "水車"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sucha",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "수차"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "ūdensrats"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "vandens ratas"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pāṇcakkī",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "पाणचक्की"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "vannhjul"
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hlædtrendel"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "dolab",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "طولاب"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "چرخ آبی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "koło wodne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roda de água"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodjanóje kolesó",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "водяно́е колесо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vodeničko kolo"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vodné koleso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rueda hidráulica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "vattenhjul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "lagumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "su çarkı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vodjane koleso",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "водяне колесо"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "wheel propelled by water",
      "word": "bánh xe nước"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "dolab"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "水輪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐlún",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "水轮"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "vesipyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "kincir air"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "su dolabı",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "صو طولابی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "word": "دولابه"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "azuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aceña"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguaducho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceña"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wheel to raise water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenia"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "water wheel"
  ],
  "word": "water wheel"
}

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