water column
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A notional column of water from the surface to the bottom in a natural setting, notable for the differences in physical and chemical properties at various depths.
noun
A column alongside a railway track used to replenish a steam engine's water supply.
noun
The column of water inside the graduated cylinder of a pressure gauge that measures pressure in inches of water.
Example Sentences
- "At Carlisle, as is customary, there was a very slow stop for the engine to draw to the water column."
- "There could be no easy reversion to the pre-electrification timetable, as that provided for working over the Hyndland branch, which no longer existed, and new stations had come into use at Hyndland and Garscadden; moreover, water columns all along the routes concerned had been removed."
- "Recent acquisitions include LMS open No 7991, formerly on the Severn Valley Railway, several wagons and a swan-necked water column."