water tower

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Related topics: Buildings, Civil

ˈwater ˌtower noun [countable]  TBBTECa tall building supporting a large container of water that supplies the buildings near it 水塔

Examples from the Corpus

water tower• A simple life, no one to worry about except yourself. --- Till you go and climb a water tower.• In 1876 he built a high water tower, topped for a time with a telescope.• The most distinctive land-mark in the parish is the Rimswell water tower, built in 1916 to serve South Holderness with water.• Since time immemorial, boys have climbed the water tower.• Even the water tower in Addison, a northern suburb, is bathed in blue light.• Over the deserted houses, the water tower loomed.

ˈwater ˌtower nounChineseSyllable  

large building supplies water a container tall of a that Corpus supporting

water tower
ˈwater ˌtower noun [countable]
a tall building supporting a large container of water that supplies the buildings near it

water towerBrE /ˈwɔːtə taʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɔːtər taʊər/ 🔊, /ˈwɑːtər taʊər/ 🔊 nouna tall structure with a tank of water at the top from which water is supplied to buildings in the area around it （自来）水塔