waterwheelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɔː.tə.wiːl/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.wiːl/a large wheel that is turned by flowing water and used to provide the power for machinery
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Machines - generators & pumps
- -engined
- accelerator
- alternator
- breeder reactor
- charger
- dock
- docking station
- dynamo
- electromotive
- generator
- hydraulics
- power station
- pump
- pump-action
- pumping station
- PWR
- reactor
- substation
- turbine
- turbocharger
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Examples from literature
- By putting gears together, you can send the power from a waterwheel to a machine.
- The first waterwheel we know about was in a flour mill in Byzantium, now Turkey.
- The first wheel used for power was the waterwheel.