water cooler

water cooler

n. A device for cooling and dispensing drinking water.

water cooler

n1. (Mechanical Engineering) a device for cooling and dispensing drinking watermodifier2. a. indicating the kind of informal conversation among office staff that takes place at such a dispenser: water-cooler conversations. b. indicating an event, television programme, etc, sufficiently controversial or otherwise noteworthy to provide subject matter for such conversations: water-cooler television; a water-cooler moment.

wa′ter cool`er

n. 1. a container for holding drinking water that is drawn off by a faucet or spigot. 2. a drinking fountain in which water is cooled by mechanical refrigeration. [1840–50, Amer.]

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water cooler - a device for cooling and dispensing drinking waterdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

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