Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cooling tower

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: cool-ing -tow-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.

Example Sentences

"So we'll march day and night By the big cooling tower They have the plant But we have the power"

Inflected Forms

cooling towers (plural)

Phrases

water tower

Frequently Paired Words

water tower

Questions

What does cooling tower mean?: A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.

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