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WATER WHEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water wheel mean? 

WATER WHEEL (noun)
  The noun WATER WHEEL has 2 senses:

1. a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pondplay

2. a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbineplay

  Familiarity information: WATER WHEEL used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER WHEEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

water wheel; waterwheel

Hypernyms ("water wheel" is a kind of...):

wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

water wheel; waterwheel

Hypernyms ("water wheel" is a kind of...):

wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))

Meronyms (parts of "water wheel"):

bucket; pail (a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water wheel"):

mill wheel; millwheel (water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill)

noria (a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel)

Holonyms ("water wheel" is a part of...):

water mill (a mill powered by a water wheel)


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